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technoid

technoid adjective: pertaining to the functionality or operation of a technology; technical.

Adjective

technoid (comparative more technoid, superlative most technoid)

  1. Pertaining to the functionality or operation of a technology; technical.
    • DLL is VB's runtime library, which allows VB programs to interact with Windows and do other low-level, behind-the-screens, technoid stuff.1996, Paul McFedries, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating An HMTL Web Page, Que, →ISBN, page 222
  2. Exhibiting, requiring, or characteristic of an interest in and/or proficiency with technology.
    • Some folks are put off by the technoid aura of the hard-core BBS network, but the fact is that laser printing — and desktop publishing in general — is rapidly evolving, cutting-edge territory.1987 January, Charles Setter, Daniel Ben-Horin, “Insights on the LaserWriter”, in Macworld
  3. Electronic or electronic-sounding; resembling techno music.
    • 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.2004, Keith Harris, Medulla review, Spin, October 2004
  4. Of or pertaining to an aesthetic style which uses industrial or technological forms, materials, and themes.
    • We are looking into an area in which biomorphic and technoid objects seem to exist in a Utopian atmosphere.1978, Uwe M. Schneede, Surrealism, Harry N. Abrams, →ISBN, page 136

Noun

technoid (plural technoids)

  1. (slang) A person interested in or skilled with technology.
    • Says Gates in his characteristic computerspeak: "I was a hard-core technoid."1984 April 16, Michael Moritz, “A Hard-Core Technoid”, in Time

technoid meaning in Bengali

technoid in Bengali

প্রযুক্তির কার্যকারিতা, অপারেশন সম্পর্কিত, কারিগরি, অথবা দক্ষতা প্রদর্শন করে, প্রয়োজন হয়, ইলেকট্রনিক

Synonyms of technoid

Forms of technoid

Adjective
comparativemore technoid
superlativemost technoid
Noun
pluraltechnoids

Origin of technoid

From techno- + -oid.

Questions about technoid

What does technoid mean?
Technoid means pertaining to the functionality or operation of a technology; technical.
What is technoid in Bengali?
Technoid in Bengali is প্রযুক্তির কার্যকারিতা, অপারেশন সম্পর্কিত, কারিগরি. See Technoid meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is technoid?
Technoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near technoid in the dictionary

  1. technographically
  2. technographies
  3. technography
  4. technohead
  5. technohorror
  6. technoid
  7. technoids
  8. technoindustrial
  9. technoish
  10. technojargon
  11. technojunkie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: technoid (page history and authors); technoid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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