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HIGH TECHNOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high technology mean? 

HIGH TECHNOLOGY (noun)
  The noun HIGH TECHNOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics)play

  Familiarity information: HIGH TECHNOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGH TECHNOLOGY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

high tech; high technology

Hypernyms ("high technology" is a kind of...):

technology (the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high technology"):

automation; mechanisation; mechanization (the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware)

Derivation:

high-tech (resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices)


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