Hypertext Webster Gateway: "technology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Technology \Tech*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? an art + -logy; cf. Gr. ?
systematic treatment: cf. F. technologie.]
Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of
the industrial arts, especially of the more important
manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.
Note: Technology is not an independent science, having a set
of doctrines of its own, but consists of applications
of the principles established in the various physical
sciences (chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy, etc.) to
manufacturing processes. --Internat. Cyc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
technology
n 1: the practical application of science to commerce or industry
[syn: {engineering}]
2: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying
scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had
trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"
[syn: {engineering}, {engineering science}, {applied
science}]
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