Technoid

Quick meaning: Technoid is an adjective meaning Pertaining to the functionality or operation of a technology; technical.

Meaning

Pertaining to the functionality or operation of a technology; technical.

More Meanings

1. Exhibiting, requiring, or characteristic of an interest in and/or proficiency with technology.
2. (of music) Electronic or electronic-sounding; resembling techno music.
3. (of art or design) Of or pertaining to an aesthetic style which uses industrial or technological forms, materials, and themes.
4. (slang) A person interested in or skilled with technology.

Example Sentences

Says Gates in his characteristic computerspeak: "I was a hard-core technoid."

We are looking into an area in which biomorphic and technoid objects seem to exist in a Utopian atmosphere.

DLL is VB's runtime library, which allows VB programs to interact with Windows and do other low-level, behind-the-screens, technoid stuff.

She hinted at this strategy on 2001's Vespertine, where her vocals pulsed along with music seemingly keyed to her own internal rhythms instead of getting lost in technoid tangles.

Word Forms

• technoids

Synonyms for technoid

Depending on context, synonyms include geeky, nerdy, geek, nerd, technophile.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include technical, techy, technofunctional, terotechnological, technochemical, technetic.

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