Definition of Technical

1. Noun. A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.


2. Adjective. Of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill. "The technical dazzle of her dancing"
Exact synonyms: Proficient
Partainyms: Proficiency, Technique
Derivative terms: Technicality, Technique

3. 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.
Exact synonyms: Technical Foul
Category relationships: Basketball, Basketball Game, Hoops
Generic synonyms: Foul

4. Adjective. Characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences. "Technical language"
Antonyms: Nontechnical

5. Adjective. Of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles. "Technological development"
Exact synonyms: Technological
Partainyms: Technology, Technology
Derivative terms: Technology, Technology

6. Adjective. Of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood. "Technical language"
Exact synonyms: Expert
Similar to: Skilled
Derivative terms: Expertise

7. Adjective. Resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations. "The fall is only a technical correction"
Similar to: Commercial

Definition of Technical

1. a. 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; as, the words of an indictment must be technical.

Definition of Technical

1. Adjective. 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. ¹

2. Adjective. (slang) A secretarial way of saying "specific". ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of a person) ¹

4. Noun. A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it. ¹

5. Noun. (basketball) A technical foul: a violation of sportsmanlike conduct, not involving physical contact. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Technical

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Technical

1. 1. Relating to technique. 2. Pertaining to some particular art, science, or trade. 3. In connection with a chemical substance, denoting that the substance contains appreciable quantities of impurities. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Technical

technetium tc 99m aggregated albumin
technetium tc 99m diethyl-iminodiacetic acid
technetium tc 99m dimercaptosuccinic acid
technetium tc 99m disofenin
technetium tc 99m exametazime
technetium tc 99m lidofenin
technetium tc 99m medronate
technetium tc 99m mertiatide
technetium tc 99m pentetate
technetium tc 99m pyrophosphate
technetium tc 99m sestamibi
technetium tc 99m sulfur colloid
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Literary usage of Technical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"(2) The establishment of classes, courses and schools for industrial training and technical education. (3) Provision to be made for laboratory apparatus and ..."

2. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"technical TRAINING. For disabled men who can not return to their former occupations there is offered free tuition at various technical schools throughout ..."

3. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Clode, EJ technical education. Crane, R: T. Utility of all kinds of higher ... technical indexes and bibliographies appearing serially; reprinted from the ..."

4. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1900)
"This isa danger incident to all technical training in special work. ... A knowledge of technical rules andl systems is very apt to beget a feeling of /s»-l ..."

5. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1900)
"This isa danger incident to all technical training in special work. ... A knowledge of technical rules and systems is very apt to beget a feeling of ..."

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