TECHNOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does technologist mean? 

• TECHNOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun TECHNOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

  Familiarity information: TECHNOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TECHNOLOGIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

applied scientist; engineer; technologist

Hypernyms ("technologist" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "technologist"):

aerospace engineer (an engineer of aircraft and space vehicles)

aeronautical engineer (an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft)

surveyor (an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures)

rocket engineer; rocket scientist (an engineer who builds and tests rockets)

coder; computer programmer; programmer; software engineer (a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs)

mining engineer (an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of mines)

metallurgical engineer; metallurgist (an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals)

mechanical engineer (a person trained to design and construct machines)

marine engineer; naval engineer (a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines)

electrical engineer (a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity)

civil engineer (an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.))

automotive engineer (an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobiles)

army engineer; military engineer (a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work)

Instance hyponyms:

James Watt; Watt (Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819))

Thomas Augustus Watson; Watson (United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934))

Richard Trevithick; Trevithick (English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833))

Elmer Ambrose Sperry; Sperry (United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930))

Karl Wilhelm Siemens; Siemens; Sir Charles William Siemens (engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883))

Claude E. Shannon; Claude Elwood Shannon; Claude Shannon; Shannon (United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001))

John Augustus Roebling; John Roebling; Roebling (United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869))

da Vinci; Leonardo; Leonardo da Vinci (Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519))

Charles Franklin Kettering; Charles Kettering; Kettering (United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958))

Hugo Junkers; Junkers (German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935))

George Washington Goethals; Goethals (United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928))

Buckminster Fuller; Fuller; R. Buckminster Fuller; Richard Buckminster Fuller (United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983))

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel; Eiffel (French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923))

Bryan Donkin; Donkin (English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855))

Diesel; Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel; Rudolf Diesel (German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913))

Daimler; Gottlieb Daimler (German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900))

Derivation:

technology (the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment)

technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)

 Context examples 

The area of responsibilities of nuclear medicine technologist includes patient care (radiopharmaceuticals preparation and administration, use of radiation detection devices and other laboratory equipment to evaluate the quantity and distribution of radionuclides deposited in the patient or in a patient specimen, in vivo and in vitro diagnostic procedures, use of quality control and safety techniques), technical tasks, and administration.

(Nuclear Medicine Technologist, NCI Thesaurus)

Freeze-dried strawberry powder is so effective a stabilizer that frozen dairy desserts with it included will maintain their shape even after reaching room temperature, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research food technologist Cristina Bilbao-Sainz with the Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit in Albany, California.

(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)