noun
highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics)
• Syn: ↑high tech
• Derivationally related forms: ↑high-tech
• Hypernyms: ↑technology, ↑engineering
• Hyponyms: ↑automation, ↑mechanization, ↑mechanisation
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noun [noncount]
: the use or creation of new scientific methods or materials especially when they involve computers or electronic devices
advances in high technology
This region has become a center of high technology.
— often used before another noun
high-technology [=high-tech] products/industries
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the most modern methods and machines, especially electronic ones; the use of these in industry, etc.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.