technologist

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technologist (plural technologists)

A scientist or an engineer who specializes in a particular technology, or who uses technology in a particular field.
- 1990, Ellen Jo Baron, Sydney M. Finegold, Bailey and Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology, page 418:
  The technologist must be careful not to overmoisten the disk, as false negative results can occur due to dilution of the end product.
- 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.

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.

a scientist or engineer who specializes in a particular technology