techno en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtɛknoʊ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Clipping of technology.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time is marked with a bass drum on each quarter note pulse, a backbeat played by snare or clap on the second and fourth pulses of the bar, and an open hi-hat sounding every second eighth note.
This is a country where nightclubs in Thimbu, the capital, throb with techno music, but where smoking is illegal and television did not arrive until 1999.
2008 March 21, Tim Sullivan, “Bhutanese reluctantly stepping into world of democracy”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2013:
Deriveds
technoish · teknival · hardcore techno · technorock · toytown techno · technopunk · technohead · technopop
Relateds
Translations (58)
et tekno (style of music) · el τέκνο (style of music) · gd teacno (style of music) · fa تکنو (style of music) · pt tecno (style of music) · gl tecno (style of music) · ko 테크노 (style of music) · is teknó (style of music) · ar تَكْنُو (style of music) · ky техно (style of music) · ja テクノ (style of music) · io tekno (style of music) · la musica technica (style of music) · gl techno (style of music) · cmn 鐵克諾音樂 /铁克诺音乐 (style of music) · bg техно (style of music) · fi teknomusiikki (style of music) · eo tekno (style of music) · fi techno (style of music) · sl techno (style of music) · he טכנו (style of music) · br tekno (style of music) · sk techno (style of music) · hu techno (style of music) · nn techno (style of music) · eo teknomuziko (style of music) · kk техно (style of music) · cs techno (style of music) · scn techno (style of music) · ar تِكْنُو (style of music) · sh techno (style of music) · pl techno (style of music) · da techno (style of music) · vi techno (style of music) · qu techno (style of music) · br techno (style of music) · th เทคโน (style of music) · sv techno (style of music) · cmn 高科技舞曲 (style of music) · de Techno (style of music) · et tehno (style of music) · ba техно (style of music) · la technicum (style of music) · es techno (style of music) · uk техно (style of music) · lt techno (style of music) · eo teĥnomuziko (style of music) · nl techno (style of music) · mr टेक्नो (style of music) · ru те́хно (style of music) · ca tecno (style of music) · eo teĥno (style of music) · ka ტექნო (style of music) · lv tehno (style of music) · fi tekno (style of music) · ca techno (style of music) · ro techno (style of music) · it techno (style of music)