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My Celine Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

technology / technologies

Hi guys,

I would like to ask: " under what circumstance(s) will the word "technology" be in plural form?"

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Technologies refers to the different types of machines and equipment developed using technology. Technology is used to refer to the general concept, that is, the advanced scientific knowledge used for practical purposes . Hope to have answered your question, Eire.

— Eire

  • Technologies refers to the different types of machines and equipment developed using technology.
  • Technology is used to refer to the general concept, that is, the advanced scientific knowledge used for practical purposes .
  • Hope to have answered your question, Eire.
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Technologies refers to the different types of machines and equipment developed using technology.

Technology is used to refer to the general concept, that is, the advanced scientific knowledge used for practical purposes.



Hope to have answered your question,

Eire.
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"Etymology: Greek technologia systematic treatment of an art, from technE art, skill..."

We are perhaps too accustomed to thinking the word refers only to highly sophisticated and complex machines, electronics, cybernetics, etc., but in the strictest sense of the word, drawing with a pencil is a technology. Some folks have coined modified terms
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Hello

Science is a term to mean activities (and their results) to know natural phenomena. Engineering is a term to mean systematic studies about the methods how to apply scientific knowledge and human experience for a certain human purpose as well as any methods obtained through such studies. Prior to 1950, 'technology' was used almost synonymous to 'engineering'. As it has the suffix '-l
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