tech

Technology.

Noun

  1. Technology.
    • I can't understand all this new tech.
    • Remember, something that seems straightforward to you can be very scary to people who don't have enough info or tech knowledge to provide a context or meaning on their own. - 2012, Nancy Lyons, Meghan Wilker,...
    • "The tech on this is really good. But in essence, it's still a train any competent driver should be able to learn easily. - 2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Training starts on heavily delayed SWR Arterios”, in...
    1. Denotes technology businesses or the technology industry, especially in the field of computing and the Internet.

      • Tech giants such as Google and Facebook have too much power.
      • Tech stocks are down on Nasdaq.
      • Tech workers can earn big money.
  2. Technician; technologist.
    • The service writers collaborate with the techs and communicate with the customers.
    • A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle. - 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth, page 23:
  3. Technique.
  4. Technical college; technical school.
    • Greenville Technical College is informally known as Greenville Tech.
    • In high school, he attended the tech program, studying construction trades.
  5. Clipping of technical rehearsal.
    • Despite his early preparation, the three-week tech period is Nigrini’s only opportunity to make his vision come to fruition. - 2017 November 30, Marc J. Franklin, “Inside Tech Rehearsal for Broadway’s SpongeBob...
    • Typically when you’re developing a musical you have hours of rehearsal and hours of tech, […] and everyone’s tired of the show by the end. - 2020 December 31, Alyssa Bereznak, “Anyone Can Cook: The Oral History of...
  6. Clipping of technical inspection

    Synonyms: technical inspection scrutineering

Origin

Clipping of technology, technician, and technique.

Forms

techs

Related

technology technological

Derived

adtech aggrotech agrotech alt-tech antiquitech astrotech big tech biotech cleantech cytotech deep tech dry tech edtech fast tech femtech fintech foodtech GaTech ghettotech greentech grief tech grieftech hard tech high-tech

Verb

  1. To perform a technical (a special move in fighting games that cancels out an opposing attack).

Forms

techs teching teched