technological

adjective

tech·​no·​log·​i·​cal ˌtek-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl How to pronounce technological (audio)
variants or less commonly technologic
1
: of, relating to, or characterized by technology
2
: resulting from improvements in technical processes that increase productivity of machines and eliminate manual operations or operations done by older machines
technologically adverb

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Like Kevin Flynn, his being is being sucked into a technological space. Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026 The technological development boom has the potential to be, if handled correctly, a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Indiana. Randy Niemeyer, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026 The overall finding of our research is that the limitation isn’t technological or financial. Ahmed Ibrahim Yunus, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026 While this may confine a human’s dream of immortality to solutions that rely on technological enhancements, bio-hacking your body, or science-fiction level technology that relies on novel physical laws and/or phenomena, there’s still plenty that relativity has to say about living forever. Big Think, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for technological

Word History

Etymology

technology + -ical

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of technological was in 1789

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“Technological.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technological. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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