techno

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noun

tech·​no ˈtek-nō How to pronounce techno (audio)
often attributive
: electronic dance music that features a fast beat and synthesized sounds usually without vocals or a conventional popular song structure

techno-

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combining form

: technical : technological
technocracy

Examples of techno in a Sentence

Noun The club plays only techno.
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Noun
Years of chronic under-investment won’t be overcome immediately, no matter how much techno know-how Ellison and his team bring to the famed Paramount movie studio, CBS, a second-tier streaming service and a collection of faltering cable networks. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024 Sixteen acts were revealed Wednesday as Detroit's Memorial Day weekend techno festival, Movement, gears up for its next edition at Hart Plaza. Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024 That might be true, and certainly Landry has developed a potent brand around her techno witch sensibilities. Katie Bain, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024 The beat is Opium-level rage, but a techno track slips in early like the cross-channel bleed of an overweening radio station. Pitchfork, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for techno 

Word History

Etymology

Noun

from techno- (as in techno-pop or techno-rock, styles of popular music utilizing electronically created sounds)

Combining form

from technology

First Known Use

Noun

1987, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of techno was in 1987

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“Techno.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/techno. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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