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state-of-the-art
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
state-of-the-art
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ state-of-the-art electronics
▪ The movie was made with state-of-the-art computer graphics.
▪ The new phone system uses state-of-the-art technology.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Everything about the book's packaging proclaims that it is state-of-the-art, all happening now.
▪ His state-of-the-art audio-visual was stunning, and he already has the book of the film of the climbs in print.
▪ It did what my own laptop couldn't do-played state-of-the-art games such as Half-Life and Unreal Tournament satisfactorily.
▪ One hundred minutes of increasingly state-of-the-art promos.
▪ Other rumours doing the rounds have Next preparing to announce staff layoffs and contemplating the closure of its state-of-the-art manufacturing plant.
▪ Students undertake laboratory and design office work, use state-of-the-art mainframe and microcomputers and attend a surveying field course.
▪ You don't climb aboard a Rolls or Bentley today expecting state-of-the-art answers.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
state-of-the-art

1961, from noun phrase (1816), from state (n.1) + art (n.).

Wiktionary
state-of-the-art

a. (alternative form of state of the art English) n. (alternative form of state of the art English)

WordNet
state-of-the-art

adj. the highest level of development at a particular time (especially the present time); "state-of-the-art technology"

Usage examples of "state-of-the-art".

It was a far cry from the faded lines on concrete that had defined the school court on which they used to play, and she was impressed that Bonita Vista had such a professional, state-of-the-art facility.

A single molded plastic chair faced a state-of-the-art ergonomic control panel, dominated by a large red button beneath a transparent sheet of unbreakable plastic.

His ranch was a model of sophistication, from its state-of-the-art gym to the small herd of purebred Santa Gertrudis breeding cattle he raised.

I expected Neverland to have a state-of-the-art defensive system in orbit.

State-of-the-art Khumalo combat biotech runs some charming custom extras, notable among them a serotonin shutout system that improves your capacity for mindless violence and minute scrapings of wolf gene that give you added speed and savagery together with an enhanced tendency to pack loyalty that hurts like upwelling tears.

He started with the fresh lab material--visuals from the most advanced state-of-the-art tomographic probings.

As even our state-of-the-art accelerators cannot quite reach such energies, this provides an explanation for why these particles have not, as yet, been discovered.

He owned three state-of-the-art humidors, one for the cigars in his quarters, one for those he kept in his office, and the third a portable unit he kept filled when traveling.

The Yahoos have state-of-the-art Solarian missiles and EW, and there are four of them.

The labs themselves, while packed with state-of-the-art equipment, were no more than functional, providing a stark contrast with the executive suites, boardroom, and reception rooms on the fourth floor.

One didn't need a fullface image to make a match: the state-of-the-art imaging program analyzed not only the face, but also body type, height, mass, and any unusual characteristics.

The trimmings were a little more state-of-the-art, but the purpose was obviously the same: it was an aspirator.

He made sure he was out of the field effect of the miniature microwave oscillator, what Berrier had described as an updated, state-of-the-art Tesla Coil.

It had a built-in state-of-the-art confounder that would nullify tangle fields, sensor screens, or other electromagnetic obstructions either Bleyd or Filba might be wearing.

It had a built-in state-of-the-art confounder that would nullify tangle fields, sensor screens, or other electro magnetic obstructions either Bleyd or Filba might be wearing.