high technology

noun

1. any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications ( low technology ).

high technology

noun

1. highly sophisticated, often electronic, techniques used in manufacturing and other processes

Other Words From

• high-tech·nolo·gy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of high technology¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

This is particularly true in an age of high technology, when we can less and less hide from a shrinking, claustrophobic world marked by great power competition and pandemics.

From Time

This is not the Israel of high intelligence, high technology, or high performance.

From The Daily Beast

Performance, especially in high-technology products, is improving and costs are being driven downwards.

From Project Gutenberg

I've cut Soviet access to high-technology equipment and to agricultural products.

From Project Gutenberg

I've been considering the problem of the apparent paradox of a high technology in a ritual-taboo system.

From Project Gutenberg