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noun the practical application of science to commerce or industry
noun the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
originLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). By surface analysis, techno- + -logy.
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