different between technology vs technicality

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industrial, instructional, medical, microbial, military, nuclear, visual, advanced, sophisticated, high, modern, outdated, obsolete, simple, complex, medieval, ancient, safe, secure, effective, efficient, mechanical, electrical, electronic, emerging, alternative, appropriate,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

technical +? -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?kn??kæl?ti/

Noun

technicality (countable and uncountable, plural technicalities)

1. The quality or state of being technical.

   • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.

3. A minor detail, rule, law, etc., seemingly insignificant to a non-specialist but which has significant consequences in larger matters.

Synonyms

• (quality or state of being technical): technicalness