STATE OF THE ART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does state of the art mean? 

• STATE OF THE ART (noun)
  The noun STATE OF THE ART has 1 sense:

1. the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time

  Familiarity information: STATE OF THE ART used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STATE OF THE ART (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

the state of the art in space travel

Hypernyms ("state of the art" is a kind of...):

degree; level; point; stage (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process)

 Context examples 

The next improvement of a device, procedure, technique, or service that provides a significant improvement in the state of the art.

(Next-Generation Technology, NCI Thesaurus)

Graphene photonics offers advantages both in performance and manufacturing over the state of the art. Graphene can ensure modulation, detection and switching performances meeting all the requirements for the next evolution in photonic device manufacturing.

(Graphene may exceed bandwidth demands of future telecommunications, University of Cambridge)