English

An X-ray technologist checking images on a monitor

Noun

technologist ‎(plural technologists)

1. A scientist or an engineer who specializes in a particular technology, or who uses technology in a particular field.
   • 2012, David Blockley, Engineering: A Very Short Introduction (309), chapter 1, page 16:

     Gravity, heat, [and] electromagnetism…are the natural phenomena that scientists study and that engineers and technologists use to make their tools.

Usage notes

• Technologist is usually preceded by the name of the pertinent specialist field, as in cardiovascular technologist, industrial technologist, etc. These specialist practitioners’ two-word titles tend to be etymologically preceded by the equivalent two-word names of their specialist fields.

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