often attributive
: electronic dance music that features a fast beat and synthesized sounds usually without vocals or a conventional popular song structure
: technical : technological
technocracy
Examples of techno in a Sentence
Noun
The club plays only techno.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
This 13-episode techno-horror about a young girl who is slowly subsumed into a life on the Wired (the show’s version of the internet) is a perfect pre-Y2K-paranoia binge.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Leading the bill are Detroit icon Carl Craig, enduring favorite Seth Troxler, techno titan Nicole Moudaber, scene pioneer Danny Tanaglia and minimal techno legend Ricardo Villalobos, along with Dixon, DJ Tennis, Dubfire and more.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
An early 90s techno remix of the theme, by the German band U96 (named after the submarine’s military designation) spent 13 weeks at number one of the German single charts and topped charts across much of Europe.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The men who play in the NFL would have something to say to today’s workers about the encroaching techno-supervision.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
This 13-episode techno-horror about a young girl who is slowly subsumed into a life on the Wired (the show’s version of the internet) is a perfect pre-Y2K-paranoia binge.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Leading the bill are Detroit icon Carl Craig, enduring favorite Seth Troxler, techno titan Nicole Moudaber, scene pioneer Danny Tanaglia and minimal techno legend Ricardo Villalobos, along with Dixon, DJ Tennis, Dubfire and more.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
An early 90s techno remix of the theme, by the German band U96 (named after the submarine’s military designation) spent 13 weeks at number one of the German single charts and topped charts across much of Europe.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Techno.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/techno. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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