technical

Forms

1.Specifically related to a particular discipline.
- Particle physics uses the word spin in a technical sense.
- This part of the article is going to be quite technical but I cannot avoid it. It's a very complex topic.
- 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 or related to technology.
- Since the 1940s there had been many technical advancements, and a Mach 3 interceptor was no longer a mere pipe dream.
3.Technically minded; adept with science and technology.
- Kayla can probably get the printer working. She's technical like that.
4.Relating to, or requiring, technique.
- The performance showed technical virtuosity, but lacked inspiration.
- Its design apparently made for interesting racing, with a challenging climb, technical bends and a finishing straight long enough to produce exciting sprints.
- It was a technical ascent involving ropework, belays, and protection, and the exposure was great, but there were abundant hand and footholds, and the rock was sound.

1.A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
- “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.A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
3.Ellipsis of technical foul.
4.Ellipsis of technical school.

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From Late Latin technicus + -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”).

For the late 20th-century origin of the noun sense (vehicle), see Wikipedia.