How to spell technology

Technology is spelled T-E-C-H-N-O-L-O-G-Y. Start with tech, keep its H, then nol-O-gy, with an O on each side of the L.

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What it means: Machines and tools developed from scientific knowledge to help people.

In a sentence: Technology helps us call our friends on video chat.

Same family: technological, technologist, high-tech, information-technology, digital. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Technology comes from the Greek words 'téchnē' meaning 'art, craft, or skill' and 'logia' meaning 'study of.' Originally, it referred more to the study of practical arts than to machines and computers, which is how many people think of it today.

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