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| high-tech |
technology that requires or involves sophisticated techniques or equipment, such as microelectronics or genetic engineering; high technology. [1/2 definitions] |
| infrastructure |
all the basic systems that have been created in a country, especially through technology and engineering, that allow it to function well and develop. Roads are a very important part of a country's infrastructure. Without roads, it is difficult for people to travel and to work and to move products from one place to another. |
| institute |
a college teaching a special subject matter, such as art or technology. [1/4 definitions] |
| laboratory |
a place for science students to experiment, make observations, and practice scientific techniques, or a place equipped with special technology for various students to use as an aid to learning. [1/3 definitions] |
| modern |
When something is modern, it has style, thinking, or technology that is of a new type. It is not old-fashioned. [1/2 definitions] |
| natural |
without any changes that humans are capable of making, especially through the use of science and technology. [1/7 definitions] |
| technological |
of or relating to technology. [1/2 definitions] |
| technology |
Technology is all of the machines and other things that scientists and engineers have developed to help solve the problems that human beings face, such as how to produce food, how to cure disease, how to transport goods and people, how to communicate with others, how to produce energy. It is also the field of knowledge that has to do with these inventions. Many students in high school and in college, for example, study technology as well as science. Nowadays, technology is often connected with the development and use of computers. [2 definitions] |
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