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   Taj Mahal
         n 1: beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah
               Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife

English Dictionary: technological by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
technological
adj
  1. based in scientific and industrial progress; "a technological civilization"
  2. of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles; "technical college"; "technological development"
    Synonym(s): technical, technological
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
technological revolution
n
  1. the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
    Synonym(s): Industrial Revolution, technological revolution
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
technologically
adv
  1. by means of technology; "technologically impossible"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
technologist
n
  1. a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
    Synonym(s): engineer, applied scientist, technologist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
technology
n
  1. the practical application of science to commerce or industry
    Synonym(s): technology, engineering
  2. the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"
    Synonym(s): engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Technology Administration
n
  1. an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
two-channel
adj
  1. designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels
    Synonym(s): stereophonic, stereo, two- channel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Taj Mahal \Taj Ma*hal"\ (t[aum]j m[adot]*h[aum]l"). [Corruption
      of Per. Mumt[be]z-i-Ma[hsdot]al, lit., the distinguished one
      of the palace, fr. Ar.]
      A marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul Emperor
      Shah Jahan, in memory of his favorite wife. In beauty of
      design and rich decorative detail it is one of the best
      examples of Saracenic architecture.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Technologic \Tech`no*log"ic\, a.
      Technological.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Technological \Tech`no*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. technologique.]
      Of or pertaining to technology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Technologist \Tech*nol"o*gist\, n.
      One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the
      terms of arts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hour \Hour\, n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure,
      F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. [?], orig., a definite space of
      time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the
      day, an hour. See {Year}, and cf. {Horologe}, {Horoscope}.]
      1. The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
  
      2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes,
            and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At
            what hour shall we meet?
  
      3. Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or
            occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the
            hour.
  
                     Woman, . . . mine hour is not yet come. --John ii.
                                                                              4.
  
                     This is your hour, and the power of darkness. --Luke
                                                                              xxii. 53.
  
      4. pl. (R. C. Ch.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated
            times of the day, as matins and vespers.
  
      5. A measure of distance traveled.
  
                     Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels. --J. P.
                                                                              Peters.
  
      {After hours}, after the time appointed for one's regular
            labor.
  
      {Canonical hours}. See under {Canonical}.
  
      {Hour angle} (Astron.), the angle between the hour circle
            passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place.
           
  
      {Hour circle}. (Astron.)
            (a) Any circle of the sphere passing through the two poles
                  of the equator; esp., one of the circles drawn on an
                  artificial globe through the poles, and dividing the
                  equator into spaces of 15[deg], or one hour, each.
            (b) A circle upon an equatorial telescope lying parallel
                  to the plane of the earth's equator, and graduated in
                  hours and subdivisions of hours of right ascension.
            (c) A small brass circle attached to the north pole of an
                  artificial globe, and divided into twenty-four parts
                  or hours. It is used to mark differences of time in
                  working problems on the globe.
  
      {Hour hand}, the hand or index which shows the hour on a
            timepiece.
  
      {Hour line}.
            (a) (Astron.) A line indicating the hour.
            (b) (Dialing) A line on which the shadow falls at a given
                  hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the
                  face of the dial.
  
      {Hour plate}, the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are
            marked; the dial. --Locke.
  
      {Sidereal hour}, the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day.
  
      {Solar hour}, the twenty-fourth part of a solar day.
  
      {The small hours}, the early hours of the morning, as one
            o'clock, two o'clock, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smell \Smell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG.
      smellen, smelen, sm[94]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D.
      smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.]
      1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell;
            to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs
            when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities;
            to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell
            perfumes.
  
      2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to
            scent out; -- often with out. [bd]I smell a device.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
                     Can you smell him out by that?            --Shak.
  
      3. To give heed to. [Obs.]
  
                     From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of
                     God, and forsook the school doctors.   --Latimer.
  
      {To smell a rat}, to have a sense of something wrong, not
            clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.]
           
  
      {To smell out}, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rat \Rat\, n. [AS. r[91]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G.
      ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. r[86]tta, F.
      rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf.
      {Raccoon}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the several species of small rodents of
            the genus {Mus} and allied genera, larger than mice, that
            infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway,
            or brown, rat ({M. Alexandrinus}). These were introduced
            into Anerica from the Old World.
  
      2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material,
            used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their
            natural hair. [Local, U.S.]
  
      3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the
            trades, one who works for lower wages than those
            prescribed by a trades union. [Cant]
  
      Note: [bd]It so chanced that, not long after the accession of
               the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the
               German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this
               country (in some timber as is said); and being much
               stronger than the black, or, till then, the common,
               rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter.
               The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first,
               as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the
               government of George the First, but has by degrees
               obtained a wide meaning, and come to be applied to any
               sudden and mercenary change in politics.[b8] --Lord
               Mahon.
  
      {Bamboo rat} (Zo[94]l.), any Indian rodent of the genus
            {Rhizomys}.
  
      {Beaver rat}, {Coast rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Beaver} and
            {Coast}.
  
      {Blind rat} (Zo[94]l.), the mole rat.
  
      {Cotton rat} (Zo[94]l.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon
            hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and
            Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious
            to the crop.
  
      {Ground rat}. See {Ground Pig}, under {Ground}.
  
      {Hedgehog rat}. See under {Hedgehog}.
  
      {Kangaroo rat} (Zo[94]l.), the potoroo.
  
      {Norway rat} (Zo[94]l.), the common brown rat. See {Rat}.
  
      {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) See {Pocket Gopher}, under {Pocket}.
            (b) Any African rodent of the genus {Cricetomys}.
  
      {Rat Indians} (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near
            Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to Athabascan stock.
  
      {Rat mole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mole rat}, under {Mole}.
  
      {Rat pit}, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be
            killed by a dog for sport.
  
      {Rat snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas
            mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters
            dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc.
  
      {Spiny rat} (Zo[94]l.), any South America rodent of the genus
            {Echinomys}.
  
      {To smell a rat}. See under {Smell}.
  
      {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any American rat of the genus
            {Neotoma}, especially {N. Floridana}, common in the
            Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or
            morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the
            uses of a lamp.
  
                     Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
                     path.                                                --Ps. cxix.
                                                                              105.
  
                     Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared. --Cowper.
  
      3. (Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by
            electricity. See {Incandescent lamp}, under
            {Incandescent}.
  
      {[92]olipile lamp}, a hollow ball of copper containing
            alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath,
            so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is
            ignited. --Weale.
  
      {Arc lamp} (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc
            is used as the source of light.
  
      {D[89]bereiner's lamp}, an apparatus for the instantaneous
            production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet
            of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named
            after the German chemist D[94]bereiner, who invented it.
            Called also {philosopher's lamp}.
  
      {Flameless lamp}, an aphlogistic lamp.
  
      {Lamp burner}, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed
            and ignited. --Knight.
  
      {Lamp fount}, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp.
  
      {Lamp jack}. See 2d {Jack}, n., 4
            (l) &
            (n) .
  
      {Lamp shade}, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for
            softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.
  
      {Lamp shell} (Zo[94]l.), any brachiopod shell of the genus
            Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the
            shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See
            {Terebratula}.
  
      {Safety lamp}, a miner's lamp in which the flame is
            surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of
            dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir
            Humphry Davy the inventor, {Davy lamp}.
  
      {To smell of the lamp}, to bear marks of great study and
            labor, as a literary composition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shop \Shop\, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a
      storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a
      shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG.
      scopf.]
      1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs,
            etc., are sold by retail.
  
                     From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with
                     unfolded silks The polished counter.   --Cowper.
  
      2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe
            shop; a car shop.
  
                     A tailor called me in his shop.         --Shak.
  
      Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as,
               shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief;
               shop window, or shop-window, etc.
  
      {To smell of the shop}, to indicate too distinctively one's
            occupation or profession.
  
      {To talk shop}, to make one's business the topic of social
            conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's
            employment. [Colloq.]
  
      Syn: Store; warehouse. See {Store}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smell \Smell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG.
      smellen, smelen, sm[94]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D.
      smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.]
      1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell;
            to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs
            when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities;
            to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell
            perfumes.
  
      2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to
            scent out; -- often with out. [bd]I smell a device.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
                     Can you smell him out by that?            --Shak.
  
      3. To give heed to. [Obs.]
  
                     From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of
                     God, and forsook the school doctors.   --Latimer.
  
      {To smell a rat}, to have a sense of something wrong, not
            clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.]
           
  
      {To smell out}, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tokenless \To"ken*less\, a.
      Without a token.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tignall, GA (town, FIPS 76532)
      Location: 33.86686 N, 82.74242 W
      Population (1990): 711 (306 housing units)
      Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   technology
  
      {Marketroid} jargon for "{software}", "{hardware}",
      "{protocol}" or something else too technical to name.
  
      The most flagrant abuse of this word has to be "{Windows NT}"
      (New Technology) - {Microsoft}'s attempt to make the
      incorporation of some ancient concepts into their OS sound
      like real progress.   The irony, and even the meaning, of this
      seems to be utterly lost on Microsoft whose {Windows 2000}
      start-up screen proclaims "Based on NT Technology", (meaning
      yet another version of NT, including some {Windows 95}
      features at last).
  
      See also: {solution}.
  
      (2001-06-28)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Technology Enabled Relationship Manager
  
      {Customer Relationship Management}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems
  
      (TOOLS) One of the oldest {object-oriented}
      conferences, with 18 published proceedings volumes.   TOOLS is
      organised by {Interactive Software Engineering}.
  
      (1995-12-29)
  
  
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