technological, a.
(tɛknəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl)
[f. as prec. + -ical.]
Pertaining or relating to technology.
1. Belonging to technical phraseology or methods: esp. of terms, words, senses; = technical 3 b. Now rare.
| 1627 in Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. a iij, Each Science termes of Art hath wherewithall To expresse themselues, calld Technologicall. 1704 Norris Ideal World ii. Pref. 20 The word λογος..being a technological term well known among the Jews (probably from the writings of Philo). 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc., Chem. 432 This material, considered in a technological sense, may be described as an alkaline silicate. |
2. Relating to or dealing with the study of the arts, esp. the industrial arts.
| 1800 Monthly Mag. June 468/2 A new work..consecrated entirely to the arts and manufactures, in the way of annals or technological memoirs. 1864 G. W. Dasent Jest & Earnest (1873) II. 34 The dreary columns of a technological dictionary. 1868 Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 59 The exposition of the industrial and the technological value of the mineral wealth of the country. |
3. Pertaining to or characterized by technology; resulting from developments in technology (esp. technological unemployment).
| 1930 Econ. Jrnl. XL. 551 (title) Rationalisation and Technological Unemployment. 1942 J. H. Oldham in Christian News-Let. 6 May 5/2 The question of the stability of our modern technological civilization. 1957 Technology Mar. 1/1 The Government is spending millions on the scientific and technological departments of universities and on the technical colleges. 1961 P. Drucker Technology & Culture II. 348 There is only one thing we do not know about the Technological Revolution—but it is essential: What happened to bring about the basic change..which released it? 1968 Economist 6 July 54/2 Technological forecasting is an exercise in logical deduction rather than straight mathematical calculation... The biggest incentive to technological forecasting is commercial: as industry becomes bigger and more capital-intensive, the cost of mistakes rises. 1970 Nature 24 Oct. 387/2 The one dimensional ‘technological fixes’ that society has so far provided to solve its problems. 1983 Wall St. Jrnl. (European ed.) 14 Apr. 1 Computer yahoos who electronically invade other people's computers... ‘I call it electronic vandalism or technological trespassing,’ says..a computer-security consultant. |