Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to technology or its application: Pertaining to the practical application of scientific knowledge, especially in industry and engineering.
   • Involving or resulting from technical progress: Characterized by or involving the use of advanced methods, tools, or systems developed from scientific knowledge.

Usage

• The word "technological" is used to describe things that are connected to the development, use, or characteristics of technology.
• It is commonly used before a noun (as an attributive adjective) to modify it.
• It can describe societies, advances, changes, processes, or equipment.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The technological revolution has changed how we communicate.
  • We are facing rapid technological change in the workplace.
  • The company invests heavily in technological research and development.

Advanced Usage

• "Technological advancement/progress": The development and introduction of new, more efficient, or more powerful technology.
  • The last century saw unprecedented technological advancement.
• "Technological society/civilization": A society whose structure and functions are heavily dependent on and shaped by technology.
  • We live in a highly complex technological society.
• "Technological unemployment": Job loss caused by the automation of tasks or the introduction of labor-saving technology.
  • Economists debate the long-term impact of technological unemployment.

Variants and Related Words

• Technology (n): The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry; machinery and equipment developed from such knowledge.
  • Modern medicine relies on advanced technology.
• Technologist (n): A specialist in technology.
  • She is a medical technologist.
• Technologically (adv): In a way that relates to or involves technology.
  • The country is technologically advanced.

Synonyms

• Technical: Involving or concerned with applied and industrial sciences. (Note: "technical" can be broader, sometimes relating to the mechanics of a specific subject, while "technological" more specifically implies applied science and engineering.)
• Scientific: Based on or characterized by the methods and principles of science. (Note: "scientific" is more about the knowledge itself, while "technological" is about its practical application.)

Related Phrases

• State of the art: The highest level of development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field, achieved at a particular time.
  • The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art technological instruments.
• High-tech (adj): Employing, requiring, or involved in high technology.
  • It's a high-tech technological solution to an old problem.

Adjective

1. of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
   • technical college
   • technological development
2. based in scientific and industrial progress
   • a technological civilization