technology

Meaning

Noun

• The organization of knowledge for practical purposes.
• All the different and usable technologies developed by a culture or people.
• A discourse or treatise on the arts.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• automotive technology
• bridging technology
• copy-on-write technology
• design technology
• information technology
• push technology
• seed technology
• space technology

Origin

• Borrowed from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία ("systematic treatment (of grammar)"), from τέχνη + -λογία. Synchronically analysable as techno- + -logy.