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State of the art
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For other uses, see State of the art (disambiguation).
Usage note
The phrase "state of the art" should be hyphenated when it is used as an adjective, e.g.:
"This machine is an example of state-of-the-art technology",
but not when used as a noun as in the following sentence:[1]
"The state of the art in this field is mostly related to the X technology".
* Cutting edge as a synonym of the term can be used as a noun.
* Leading edge conveys exactly the same meaning
The state of the art is the highest level of development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field, achieved at a particular time. It also applies to the level of development (as of a device, procedure, process, technique, or science) reached at any particular time usually as a result of modern methods.
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* 1 Origin
* 2 Patent law
* 3 References
* 4 See also
[edit] Origin
The earliest usage of the term "state of the art" documented by the Oxford English Dictionary dates back to 1910 from an engineering manual by Henry Harrison Suplee (1856-post 1943), an engineering graduate (U. Of Pennsylvania, 1876), titled Gas Turbine: progress in the design and construction of turbines operated by gases of combustion. It reads: "In the present state of the art this is all that can be done."
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