Technical

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtÉ›k.nɪk.É™l/

Origin

Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τέχνη ("skill")

Full definition of technical

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any academic, legal, science, engineering, business, or the like terminology with specific and precise meaning or (frequently, as a degree of distinction) shades of meaning; specially appropriate to any art, science or engineering field, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical.
• 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, Well Tackled! Chapter 4, Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, â€¦
• 2006, Asaf Darr, Selling Technology (page 94)One example of the blurring of boundaries is the growing interdependence of social and technical skills. The sales engineers and the clients' engineers are all knowledge workers.
2. (of a person)
3. Relating to technique.The performance showed technical virtuosity, but lacked inspiration.
4. (securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.The market had a technical rally, due to an oversold condition.

Coordinate terms

• (securities and other markets) fundamental

Related terms

• technological
• technically

Derived terms

Noun

1. A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
• 2007, January 2, Jeffrey Gettleman, After 15 Years, Someone’s in Charge in Somalia, if Barely, “Individuals or groups of people who have trucks mounted with antiaircraft guns, known as ‘technicals,’ should bring those battlewagons to Mogadishu’s old port,” he said.
2. (basketball) A technical foul: a violation of sportsmanlike conduct, not involving physical contact.

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