State-of-the-art
noun
1.
the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
state of the art
noun
1.
the level of knowledge and development achieved in a technique, science, etc, esp at present
adjective (prenominal)
2.
the most recent and therefore considered the best; up-to-the-minute: a state-of-the-art amplifier
state
state of the art
The highest level of development, very up-to-date, as in This new television set reflects the state of the art in screen technology. Despite including the word art, this term originated in technology, and its first recorded use appears in a 1910 book on the gas turbine. Today it is often used adjectivally, as in This is a state-of-the-art camera, and sometimes very loosely, as in That movie is state-of-the-art Woody Allen.
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