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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the practical application of science to commerce or industry;
[syn: technology, engineering]

2. the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems;
- Example: "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"
[syn: engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "technology": academic discipline, academic specialty, applied science, area, arena, art, concern, craft, department of knowledge, discipline, domain, field, field of inquiry, field of study, mechanics, mechanism, method, natural science, ology, province, pure science, science, skill, social science, specialty, sphere, study, technic, technical know-how, technical knowledge, technical skill, technicology, technics, technique