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Definition: State Of The Art |
State Of The ArtNoun1. 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. |
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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) |
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See also: The State of the Art a collection of short fiction by Iain M. Banks.
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Crosswords: State Of The Art |
| Specialty definitions using "state of the art": acknowledged rule of technology, advanced audio coding ♦ MPEG-2 advanced audio coding, MPEG-2 non-backwards compatible coding ♦ Review Literature ♦ tired iron. (references) |
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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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![]() | 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. |
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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) | |
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Expression using "state of the art": state of the art technology. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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 |
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| 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 estado da técnica (prior art). (various references) 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) | ||||||||||||||||
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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