🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

첨단 기술

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cheomdan gisul

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hi-tech/ˌhaɪˈtɛk/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이 공장은 첨단 기술 시스템을 도입했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Using or involving advanced or the most modern technology and electronic devices.

    "The company relies on a hi-tech manufacturing process to produce microchips."
As noun
  1. 1

    Advanced technology or industry sector dealing with high technology.

    "Silicon Valley remains a major global center for hi-tech."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the late 20th century as a clipping and compounding of the words high and technology. Originally emerging in journalistic and architectural circles in the 1960s and 1970s, it quickly gained widespread adoption to describe advanced electronics, manufacturing processes, and futuristic design aesthetics.

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