state of the art

Definitions

The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The foregoing may be considered to present⟳ perhaps a very gloomy outlook both for the would-be inventor, the actual patentee, or for those having capital invested in a patent, since it is easy to see⟳ that it is quite impossible in the ordinary run⟳ of cases fully to ascertain beyond peradventure that the state of the art does not somewhere contain⟳ an instance of anticipation.”

“which is not only not advancing the state-of-the-art of management but also is believed to be regressing the state-of-the-art.”

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