technical
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Etymology
From Late Latin technicus + -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.nɪ.kəl/, [ˈtɛk.nɪ.kl̩]
- (Southern US, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈtɛt.nɪ.kəl/, [ˈtɛt.nɪ.kl̩]
Audio (Southern California): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/, [ˈtek.nɪ.kl̩]
Adjective
technical (comparative more technical, superlative most technical)
- Specifically related to a particular discipline.
- Synonym: technic
- 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.
- Of or related to technology.
- Synonyms: technological, technologic
- (of a person) Technically-minded; adept with science and technology.
- Relating to, or requiring, technique.
- Synonym: technic
- The performance showed technical virtuosity, but lacked inspiration.
- 2015, Robert Dineen, Kings of the Road: A Journey into the Heart of British Cycling:
- Its design apparently made for interesting racing, with a challenging climb, technical bends and a finishing straight long enough to produce exciting sprints.
- Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
- (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.
- In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
- Crossing the front lawn of that house to get to the mailbox was a technical trespass.
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
- (securities and other markets): fundamental
Derived terms
- aerotechnical
- agrotechnical
- ampelotechnical
- anthropotechnical
- biotechnical
- chief technical officer
- electrotechnical
- geotechnical
- histotechnical
- hydrotechnical
- hypertechnical
- medicotechnical
- nanotechnical
- overtechnical
- pharmacotechnical
- polytechnical
- pretechnical
- pseudotechnical
- psychotechnical
- pyrotechnical
- semitechnical
- sociotechnical
- subtechnical
- supertechnical
- technical analysis
- technical analyst
- technical area
- technical climbing
- technical college
- technical debt
- technical difficulty
- technical drawing
- technical group
- technicalia
- technicalism
- technicalist
- technicality
- technicalization
- technicalize
- technical knockout
- technical meaning
- technicalness
- technical pen
- technical school
- technical sense
- technical sergeant
- technical skier
- technical skiing
- technical standard
- technical stop
- technical submission
- technical support
- technical tap
- technical tee
- technical term
- technical university
- technical week
- technical win
- technical writer
- technical writing
- techwear
- Treknical
- ultratechnical
- untechnical
- zymotechnical
Related terms
Translations
pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts
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technically-minded
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relating to technique
relating to the internal mechanics of a market
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Noun
technical (countable and uncountable, plural technicals)
- A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
- (basketball) Short for technical foul.
- (video games) A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
- Short for technical school.
- Short for technical course.
- Short for technical examination.
- (informal, countable, uncountable) Short for technical rehearsal.
Translations
pickup truck-based fighting vehicle
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