noun

• 1An expert in a particular field of technology.

  ‘a food technologist’

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  • ‘chief technologist for internet security’
  • ‘The scientists, led by a textile technologist, used various methods to condition samples taken from a bale of cotton.’
  • ‘Food technologists working with the company developed the improved process.’
  • ‘Any information technologist understands the concept of data integrity.’
  • ‘Lay-offs on such a scale would pose significant proliferation risks when nuclear weapons scientists and technologists are forced to seek work elsewhere.’
  • ‘Some tech CEOs were technologists who fell into entrepreneurial ventures.’

  1. 1.1mainly US A person employed to look after technical equipment or do practical work in a laboratory.
     ‘a laboratory technologist’
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     • ‘He currently works as an MRI technologist in the Seattle area.’
     • ‘She has worked as an X-ray technologist at the hospital for 18 years.’
     • ‘Fearing the collapse of major computer systems as the new millennium dawned, there was a huge demand for technologists to help update systems quickly.’
     • ‘The book will be useful to ancillary health care personnel, including nurses and laboratory technologists as well as physicians.’
     • ‘A medical technologist or equivalent staff person is required to run the test.’