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State Of The Art

Definition: State Of The Art

State Of The Art

Noun

1. The highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time; "the state of the art in space travel".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: State Of The Art

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Aerospace

The level to which technology and science have at any designated cutoff time been developed in a given industry or group of industries. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: State of the art

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The state of the art is the highest level of development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field, achieved at a particular time. The phrase "state of the art" should be hyphenated when it is used as an adjective, e.g.: "This machine is an example of state-of-the-art technology."

See also: The State of the Art a collection of short fiction by Iain M. Banks.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "State of the art."

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Crosswords: State Of The Art

Specialty definitions using "state of the art": acknowledged rule of technology, advanced audio codingMPEG-2 advanced audio coding, MPEG-2 non-backwards compatible codingReview Literaturetired iron. (references)

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Modern Usage: State Of The Art

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Because I spent the money on the Clapco D-29, the state of the art in home security. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

I want you to use state of the art equipment to prove that it's not there. (Loch Ness; writing credit: John Fusco)

Look! State of the art jellyfish nets! (SpongeBob SquarePants; writing credit: Leonardo Fasoli; Patrizia Fassio)

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Commercial Usage: State Of The Art

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Books

  • Business Ethics: The State of the Art (The Ruffin Series in Business Ethics) (reference)

  • State of The Art Marketing Research (reference)

  • Tae Kwon Do: The State of the Art (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • State of the Art Survival Caching (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

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Photo Album: State Of The Art

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State of the art lagoon waste management system for a 900 head hog farm. The facility is completely automated and temperature controlled. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

District Conservationist Carman Westerfield inspects a state of the art lagoon waste management system for a 900 head hog farm. The facility is completely automated and temperature controlled. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: State Of The Art

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Health

Upon completion of this educational activity, the reader should possess a clear working clinical knowledge of the state of the art regarding this topic. (references)

The NINDS supports research on demyelinating disorders of the nervous system such as PML aimed at increasing scientific understanding of these disorders, and finding ways to prevent, treat, and cure the disease utilizing state of the art molecular diagnostic techniques. (references)

Business

Significant investments in all these ports are anticipated in the near future in state of the art cargo handling equipment. (references)

The growing demand for these products is expected to continue and to result in increasing demand for state of the art production equipment. (references)

These requirements will lead directly to higher levels of investment in the industry and in state of the art food processing equipment and technologies. (references)

Economic History

Norway

Its equipment is often state of the art. (references)

Greece

Unconnected to the Olympics, a state of the art health park is also going to be constructed in Athens. (references)

Greece

A state of the art health park is going to be built in Athens and the participation of U.S. firms is vital to its development. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: State Of The Art

Expression using "state of the art": state of the art technology. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: State Of The Art

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

state of the art

57

state of the art technology

6

state of the art resistor

3

state of the art computer

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: State Of The Art

Language Translations for "state of the art"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

aktuelt teknisk niveau (prior art). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

technologie van vandaag, technisch peil (prior art), hedendaagse technologie. (various references)

   

French

  

état de la technique. (various references)

   

German

  

Stand der Technik (prior art). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

η "τελευταία λέξη" της τεχνικής. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csúcs- (maximum). (various references)

   

Italian

  

stato dell'arte (prior art), dell'ultima generazione. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atestay ofay ethay artay

   

Portuguese

  

estado da técnica (prior art). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

moderno (hip, latter day, live, modern, trendy, up to date, up to now), estado del arte (prior art), estado de la técnica (prior art). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: State Of The Art

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-f-h-o-r-s-t-t-t-t"

-3 letters: aftertaste.

-4 letters: foretaste.

-5 letters: aerostat, attester, attestor, earthset, farthest, feathers, haftarot, hetaeras, ratafees, rheostat, stearate, testator, theaters, theatres.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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