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Technology \Tech*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? an art -logy; cf. Gr. ?
systematic treatment: cf. F. technologie.]
Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of
the industrial arts, especially of the more important
manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.
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Note: Technology is not an independent science, having a set
of doctrines of its own, but consists of applications
of the principles established in the various physical
sciences (chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy, etc.) to
manufacturing processes. --Internat. Cyc.
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