different between technology vs bionanoscience

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????????? (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from ????? (tékhn?, “art”) + -????? (-logía, “study”). Synchronically analysable as techno- +? -logy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t?k?n?l?d?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?k?n?l?d?i/
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

technology (countable and uncountable, plural technologies)

1. (uncountable) The organization of knowledge for practical purposes.
2. All the different and usable technologies developed by a culture or people.
3. (archaic) A discourse or treatise on the arts.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "technology": assistive, automotive, biological, chemical, domestic, educational, environmental, geospatial, industrial, instructional, medical, microbial, military, nuclear, visual, advanced, sophisticated, high, modern, outdated, obsolete, simple, complex, medieval, ancient, safe, secure, effective, efficient, mechanical, electrical, electronic, emerging, alternative, appropriate, clean, disruptive.
• In some milieus and contexts, the word "technology" is understood to be limited to digital communications technology, e.g. "technology companies were overvalued during the dotcom bubble."

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Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (tekunoroj?)

Translations

Further reading

• technology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• technology at OneLook Dictionary Search
• technology in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "technology" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 315.
• technology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• technology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

bio- +? nanoscience

Noun

bionanoscience (plural bionanosciences)

1. (biology) A science/technology that incorporates aspects of biology and nanoscience/nanotechnology.

Anagrams

• nanobioscience