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==English==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|grc|τεχνολογία||systematic treatment (of grammar)}}, from {{m|grc|τέχνη||art}} + {{m|grc|-λογία||study}}. {{surf|en|techno-|-logy}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/tɛkˈnɒləd͡ʒi/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-technology.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/tɛkˈnɑləd͡ʒi/|a=GenAm}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒlədʒi|s=4}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# The combined [[application]] of [[science]] and [[art]] in [[practical]] ways in [[industry]], as for example in designing new [[machine]]s.
#: {{ux|en|Humankind relies on '''technology''' to keep average standard of living higher than it would otherwise be.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-21|author=[http://guardian.co.uk/profile/chico-harlan/ Chico Harlan]
|volume=189|issue=2|page=30|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly
|title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/18/japan-solar-energy-fukushima-nuclear-renewable-abe Japan pockets the subsidy &hellip;]
|passage=Across Japan, '''technology''' companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
# Machines or equipment thus designed.
#: {{ux|en|We went to the trade show to see the latest '''technology''' on display.}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in [[prescientific]] eras).
#: {{ux|en|the incipient metalworking '''technology''' of the Bronze Age}}
# {{lb|en|countable|figurative}} Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=2012|author=Caspar Henderson|title=The Book of Barely Imagined Beings|page=317|text=Comb jellies lack the most impressive ''''technology'''' of jellyfish - the nematocyst stinging apparatus which is one of the most deadly weapons and fastest cellular processes in nature.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|academic}} The study of or a collection of techniques.
# {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[discourse]] or [[treatise]] on the arts.

====Usage notes====
* In some milieus and contexts, the word "technology" is understood to be limited to digital communications and computing technology, e.g. "technology companies were overvalued during the [[dotcom]] bubble."

====Derived terms====
{{der4
|en|tongue technology
|anti-technology|institute of technology|university of technology
|chief technology officer|technology education
|{{l|en|tech}} {{q|and [[tech#Derived terms|its derived terms]]}}
|aerotechnology|agrotechnology|antitechnology|astrotechnology|biotechnology|cryotechnology|cybertechnology|cytotechnology|Czechnology|ecotechnology|electrotechnology|geotechnology|gerontechnology|histotechnology|hydrotechnology|macrotechnology|microtechnology|multitechnology|mycotechnology|nanotechnology|neurotechnology|nontechnology|phytotechnology|picotechnology|proptech|psychotechnology|pyrotechnology|radiotechnology|subtechnology|technetronic|Technicolor|technologist|technologize|technologyless|technorati|techonomic|teletechnology|Treknology|tricknology|tweeb|xenotechnology|zootechnology|zymotechnology
|techno
|techno geek
|technology transfer|transition technology
|appropriate technology|assisted reproductive technology|assistive technology|bulk technology|city technology college|high technology|information and communications technology|information technology|information technology bubble|language technology|proof of technology|space technology|surface mount technology|surface mounted technology|surface-mount technology|technology stack|technology tree|technology-wise|through-hole technology|thru-hole technology}}

====Related terms====
{{rel4
|en|technical
|technician
|technique
|techno-
|technological
}}

====Collocations====
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* Adjectives often applied to "technology": <!-- by area of application -->assistive, automotive, biological, chemical, domestic, educational, environmental, geospatial, industrial, instructional, medical, microbial, military, nuclear, visual, <!-- other -->advanced, sophisticated, high, modern, outdated, obsolete, simple, complex, medieval, ancient, safe, secure, effective, efficient, mechanical, electrical, electronic, emerging, alternative, appropriate, clean, disruptive.
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====Descendants====
* {{desc|ja|テクノロジー|tr=tekunorojī|bor=1}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|the study of or a collection of techniques}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|tegnologie}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|teknologji|f}}, {{t+|sq|teknikë|f}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ቴክኖዎሎጂ}}, {{t|am|ቴክኖሎጂ}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|تِكْنُولُوجْيَا|f|tr=teknolōjyā}}, {{t|ar|تِقَانَة|f}}, {{t+|ar|تَقْنِيَة|f}}, {{t+|ar|تِقْنِيَّة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{q|also}} {{t|ar|تكنيك|m|tr=teknīk}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|تِكْنُلوجيا|f|tr=tiknulōjya}}, {{t|acw|تَقْنِيَة|f|tr=tagniya}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տեխնոլոգիա}}, {{t+|hy|տեխնիկա}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܬܸܩܢܘܿܠܘܿܓ݂ܝܼܵܐ|f}}, {{t|aii|ܐܘܼܡܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ|f}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|teunoloxía|f}}
* Aymara: {{t|ay|lurañ yänaka}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|texnologiya}}, {{t|az|texnika}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|технология}}, {{t|ba|техника}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|teknologia}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|тэхнало́гія|f}}, {{t|be|тэхналёгія|f}}, {{t|be|тэ́хніка|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|প্রযুক্তি}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|техноло́гия|f}}, {{t+|bg|те́хника|f}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|နည်းပညာ}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{t|rue|техноло́ґія|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|tecnologia|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|teknolohiya}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|技術}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|技術}}, {{t+|cmn|工藝}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|technologie|f}}, {{t+|cs|technika|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|teknologi|c}}, {{t+|da|teknik|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|technologie|f}}, {{t+|nl|techniek|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|teknologio}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|tehnoloogia}}, {{t|et|tehnika}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|teknologia}}
* French: {{t+|fr|technologie|f}}, {{t+|fr|technique|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|tecnoloxía|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ტექნოლოგია}}, {{t|ka|ტექნიკა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Technologie|f}}, {{t+|de|Technik|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τεχνολογία|f}}, {{t+|el|τεχνική|f}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|teknoloji}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|ʻenehana}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|טֶכנוֹלוֹגִיָה|f|tr=tekhnológya}}, {{t+|he|טֶכְנִיקָה|f|tr=tékhnika}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|teknolohiya}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|टैकनोलजी|f}}, {{t|hi|प्रौद्योगिकी|f}}, {{t|hi|तकनीक|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|technológia}}, {{t+|hu|technika}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|tækni|f}}
* Igbo: {{t|ig|nka na uzu}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|teknologi}}, {{t+|id|teknik}}
* Inuktitut: {{t|iu|ᓴᓇᕐᕈᑏᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᖏᑕᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓂᖓ}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|teicneolaíocht|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tecnologia|f}}, {{t+|it|tecnica|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|技術|tr=ぎじゅつ, gijutsu}}, {{t+|ja|テクノロジー|tr=tekunorojī}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|технология}}, {{t|kk|техника}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|បច្ចេកវិទ្យា}}, {{t|km|តិកនិក}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|기술(技術)}}, {{t|ko|테크놀러지}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|teknolojî}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|технология}}, {{t+|ky|техника}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ເຕັກໂນໂລຊີ}}, {{t|lo|ເທກນິກ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|technologia|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|tehnoloģija|f}}, {{t|lv|tehnika|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|technologija|f}}, {{t+|lt|technika|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|технологија|f}}, {{t|mk|техника|f}}
* Malagasy: {{t|mg|teknôlôjia}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|teknologi}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|സാങ്കേതികവിദ്യ}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|teknoloġija|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hangarau}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|तंत्रज्ञान}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|технологи}}, {{t+|mn|техник}}
* Nahuatl: {{t|nah|āmantēcayōtl}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|प्रविधि}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|technologie|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|teknologi|m}}, {{t|nb|teknikk|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|tecnologia|f}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|تکنالوجي|f|tr=teknāloji}}, {{t|ps|تکنالوژي|f|tr=teknāloži}}, {{t|ps|ټکنالوجي|f|tr=ṭeknāloji}}, {{t+|ps|تخنيک|m|tr=taxnīk}}, {{t|ps|تکنيک|m|tr=taknīk}}, {{t|ps|ټکنيک|m|tr=ṭaknīk}}
* Pennsylvania German: {{t|pdc|Waerkzeichheit}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فناوری|tr=fan-âvari}}, {{t+|fa|تکنولوژی|tr=teknoloži}}, {{t+|fa|تکنیک|tr=teknik}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|technika|f}}, {{t+|pl|technologia|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tecnologia|f}}, {{t+|pt|técnica|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|tehnologie|f}}, {{t+|ro|tehnologie|f-p|alt=tehnologii}}, {{t+|ro|tehnică|f}}
*: Cyrillic: {{t|ro|технолоӂие|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|техноло́гия|f}}, {{t+|ru|те́хника|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|teicneolas|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|техноло̀гија|f}}, {{t|sh|тѐхника|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|tehnològija|f}}, {{t+|sh|tèhnika|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|tinnuluggìa|f}}, {{t|scn|ticnuluggìa|f}}, {{t|scn|ticchinuluggìa|f}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|තාක්‍ෂණය}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|technológia|f}}, {{t|sk|technika|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|tehnologija|f}}, {{t|sl|tehnika|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|tecnología|f}}, {{t+|es|técnica|f}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|teknolojia}}, {{t|sw|tekinolojia}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|teknologi|c}}, {{t+|sv|teknik|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|teknolohiya}}, {{t|tl|aghimuan}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|технология}}, {{t|tg|техника}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|தொழினுட்பம்}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|технология}}, {{t|tt|техника}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เทคโนโลยี}}, {{t+|th|เทคนิค}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|འཕྲུལ་ལས་རིག་གནས}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ተክኖሎጊ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|teknoloji}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|tehnologiýa}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|техноло́гія|f}}, {{t|uk|те́хніка|f}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|ٹیکنالوجی|f|tr=ṭaiknālōjī}}, {{t|ur|تکنیک|f|tr=taknīk}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|تېخنىكا}}, {{t|ug|تېخنولوگىيە}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|texnologiya}}, {{t+|uz|texnika}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|kỹ thuật}} ({{t|vi|技術}}), {{t+|vi|công nghệ}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|technoleg}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|טעכנאָלאָגיע|f}}, {{t|yi|טעכניק|f}}
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{{trans-top|a particular technological concept}}
* American Sign Language: {{t|ase|Open8@NearUlnarHand-PalmAcross-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack Contact Open8@UlnarHand-PalmAcross-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|тэхнало́гія|f}}, {{t|be|тэхналёгія|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|техноло́гия|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|teknolohiya}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|科技}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tekniikka}}, {{t+|fi|menetelmä}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τεχνολογία|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|teicneolaíocht|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tecnologia|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|技術|tr=ぎじゅつ, gijutsu}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|과학기술(科學技術)}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|technologia|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tecnologia|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|tehnologie|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|техноло́гия|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|teicneolas|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|техноло̀гија|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|tehnològija|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|tehnologija|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|tecnología|f}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|teknolojia}}, {{t|sw|tekinolojia}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|teknologi|c}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|טעכניק|f}}
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{{trans-top|body of tools}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|technika|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tekniikka}}, {{t|fi|tekniikat|p}}, {{t+|fi|teknologia}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τεχνολογία|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|teknologi}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|teicneolaíocht|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tecnologia|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tecnologia|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|tehnologie|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|те́хника|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|teicneolas|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|техноло̀гија|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|tehnològija|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|tecnología|f}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|teknolojia}}, {{t|sw|tekinolojia}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|teknologi|c}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|технолоҷӣ}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|טעכנאָלאָגיע|f}}
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* Icelandic: {{t-check|is|tæknifræði|f}}
* Maltese: {{t-check|mt|teknoloġija}}
* Sindhi: {{t+check|sd|ٽيڪنيڀياس|alt=ٽيڪِنِيڀِياسُ}}
* Tajik: {{t-check|tg|технолоҷӣ}}
* Tamil: {{t-check|ta|Thozhil Nutpam}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+check|vi|công nghệ}}, {{t+check|vi|kỹ thuật}}
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{R:OneLook}}
* {{R:Keywords 21st}}
* {{R:Keywords|page=315}}
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:GNV|technology, technique, art, method, machinery, machines, devices}}
* {{R:GNV|technological, technical}}