technologist
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- noun
- /tɛkˈnɑlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
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tecnólogo
- The technologist designed an innovative machine that boosted production efficiency in the factory.
- instructional technologist
- food technologist
- medical technologist
They had hired a new CEO who was a real technologist.
- They had hired a new CEO who was a real technologist.
- And it's a super successful investor and technologist.
- And so it's funny, people can be brilliant marketers or brilliant technologists and the thing they struggle with is that.
- And we assume if we found the technology, that there is some intelligent technologists who created it.
- It's it's simply technologists just optimizing something for the sake of optimization, right?
- Even Bill, your Co professor is himself, you know, an eminent technologist first and foremost, in addition to being ACEO.
- And when technologists don't show up, you know, you're going to get poor policy decisions.
- All the failure is I want to support my technologists and scientists and staff so that next year they succeed.
- And so I was really curious, being a scientist and being also a technologist, I wanted to understand how I could program a computer to be conscious.
- You know, I'm not an artist, I'm not a technologist, I'm not a business person.
- Do it over lunch and don't just find another technologist friend.
- So one could kind of make an assumption to that he is a technologist and introverted.
- As the share price rose, so did Brown star as a technologist with a vision of future cashless society.
Examples
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And so my day job is I'm an MRI technologist at one of the local hospitals here in Portland.
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Over the years, technologists have kept pace by developing tools and facilities to manage engineering processes.
Academic text (2011) -
In each case, the company was started by a technologist who had some really exciting technology.
Academic text (1995) -
But then a technologist emerged who went much further.
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As the share price rose, so did Brown star as a technologist with a vision of future cashless society.
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You know, Herbert gave me that telescope when I was thirteen and he was Chief Technologist at NASA.
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John J. Adamczyk, P.E., is currently a senior technologist at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Academic text (2001) -
Dr. Cruz is a medical research technologist at the US Naval Medical Research Center in Lima, Peru.
Academic text (2012) -
As a technologist, she focuses on creating software solutions that address industry-specific challenges.
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The technologist analyzed the data to develop better methods for sustainable energy use.
Synonyms
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A person who designs, builds and fixes machines or structures
A scientist who uses science to solve practical problems
Compounds
- Specialized
A person who takes pictures of the inside of the body like X-rays and CT scans
How Technical
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Surface Forms
Morphology
technologist = technology (transparent) = technology + ist
Clear agentive derivation: 'technology' + '-ist' yields a person associated with or working in technology, a meaning B1 learners can infer.
Etymology
Technologist comes from the Greek root techne meaning 'skill' or 'craft' and logos meaning 'study' or 'reason', and it shares the same root as technology, which is about tools and practical skill. So a technologist is a person who uses skill and scientific knowledge to build or improve tools and solve real problems.