technologist

technologist

English

An X-ray technologist checking images on a monitor

Etymology

technolog(y) +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /tɛkˈnɒləd͡ʒɪst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tɛkˈnɑləd͡ʒɪst/

Noun

technologist (plural technologists)

1. A scientist or an engineer who specializes in a particular technology, or who uses technology in a particular field.
   • 1990, Ellen Jo Baron, Sydney M. Finegold, Bailey and Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology, page 418:

     The technologist must be careful not to overmoisten the disk, as false negative results can occur due to dilution of the end product.

   • 2012, David Blockley, Engineering: A Very Short Introduction (309), chapter 1, page 16:

     Gravity, heat, [and] electromagnetism…are the natural phenomena that scientists study and that engineers and technologists use to make their tools.

Usage notes

• Technologist is usually preceded by the name of the pertinent specialist field, as in cardiovascular technologist, industrial technologist, etc. These specialist practitioners’ two-word titles tend to be etymologically preceded by the equivalent two-word names of their specialist fields.

Translations

a scientist or engineer who specializes in a particular technology

Chinese: Mandarin: 技師／技师 (zh) (jìshī) Czech: technolog (cs) m Esperanto: teĥnologo, teknologo, teĥnologiisto, teknologiisto Finnish: teknologi French: technologue (fr) m or f German: Technologe m, Technologin f, Techniker (de) m (user of technology) Irish: teicneolaí m Italian: tecnologo (it) m, tecnologa f Kazakh: технолог (texnolog) Polish: technolog (pl) m or f, technolożka (pl) f Portuguese: tecnólogo (pt) m, tecnóloga (pt) f Romanian: tehnolog (ro) m, tehnologă (ro) f Russian: техно́лог (ru) m (texnólog) Spanish: tecnólogo m, tecnóloga f Tagalog: mang-aaghimuan Welsh: technolegwr m, technolegores f, technolegydd m or f

Further reading

• technologist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia