Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to technique.
- adjective Having or demonstrating special skill or practical knowledge especially in a mechanical or scientific field.
- adjective Used in or peculiar to a specific field or profession; specialized.
- adjective Requiring advanced skills or specialized equipment.
- adjective Of or relating to the practical, mechanical, or industrial arts or to the applied sciences.
- adjective Of or relating to technology or technological studies.
- adjective Of or involving electronic or mechanical equipment.
- adjective Of or relating to information technology.
- adjective Of, relating to, or employing the methodology of science; scientific.
- adjective In strict conformance to a law, regulation, or procedure.
- adjective Strictly or narrowly defined.
- adjective Based on analysis or principle; theoretical rather than practical.
- adjective Relating to or based on market indicators, such as trading volume and fluctuations in securities prices, rather than underlying economic factors such as corporate earnings, inflation, and unemployment.
- noun A technical foul.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the mechanical arts, or any particular art, science, profession, or trade; specially appropriate to or characteristic of any art, science, profession, or trade: as, a technical word or phrase; a word taken in a technical sense; a technical difficulty; technical skill; technical schools.
- Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art or science; technicalities; technical terms; technics.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any
academic ,legal ,science ,engineering ,business , or the like terminology withspecific andprecise meaning or (frequently, as a degree ofdistinction ) shades of meaning; specially appropriate to any art, science or engineering field, or business; as, the words of anindictment must be technical. - adjective slang A secretarial way of saying "specific".
- noun A
pickup truck with a gun mounted on it. - noun basketball A
technical foul : a violation of sportsmanlike conduct, not involving physical contact.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
- adjective resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations
- noun a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it
- adjective of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
- noun (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
- adjective of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
- adjective characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"You may not • work around any technical limitations in the software; • reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software, except and only to the extent that applicable law expressly permits, despite this limitation;" This clause completely doesn't apply. "work around any * technical* limitations in the software" well, there weren't any technical limitations, only legal ones.
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Under \’technical information\’ there is nothing technical or informative – and only a phone number – why waste our time?
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On top of that the defendants advocated restrictive interpretation of the term technical provision would not be tolerated in Article 29a paragraph 3 Aw.
ElOtroLado.net 2010
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In 2005, Mr. Cuiffo played interviewer John Springer opposite Lypsinka as Joan Crawford in "The Passion of the Crawford," which he described as a technical and spiritual lesson.
Practicing the Art of Possession Bruce Bennett 2011
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Using the word "technical" doesn't change the reality if some Treasurys aren't paid on time.
The Dangers of a Default Position Richard Barley 2011
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Using the word "technical" doesn't change the reality if some Treasurys aren't paid on time.
The Dangers of a Default Position Richard Barley 2011
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MILLS-FRANCIS: Well, what happens with parole violations is they have what they call technical and substantive violations.
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We characterize things as either being part of nature — biological nutrients — or being part of technology, which we call technical nutrients.
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ROESGEN: American says it had to comply with what it calls technical issues raised by the FAA involving wiring in the wheel wells.
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Seriously, this is what they call technical support?
Archive 2007-12-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2007
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These days, Weil is faster than Duane – but he is more comfortable on “technical” terrain, such as very steep areas, due to his background in climbing.
Women are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’? Alaina Demopoulos 2026
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Another noun sense:
Tim Weiner, Enemies: A History of the FBI (New York: Random House, 2012), p. 192July 19, 2017