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Technical   /tˈɛknɪkəl/   Listen
Technical

adjective
1.
Of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill.  Synonym: proficient.  "The technical dazzle of her dancing"
2.
Characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences.  "Highly technical matters hardly suitable for the general public" , "A technical report" , "Producing the A-bomb was a challenge to the technical people of this country" , "Technical training" , "Technical language"  Antonym: nontechnical.
3.
Of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles.  Synonym: technological.  "Technological development"
4.
Of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood.  Synonym: expert.  "A technical report" , "Technical language"
5.
Resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations.  "The fall is only a technical correction"
noun
1.
A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
2.
(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.  Synonym: technical foul.



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"Technical" Quotes from Famous Books



... generously, as I've told you. The thing couldn't have been better done. When it was done, the nephew disappeared; the doctor disappeared; Chamberlayne disappeared. I had bad luck—to tell you the truth, I was struck off the rolls for a technical offence. So I changed my name and became Mr. Myerst, and eventually what I am now. And it was not until three years ago that I found Chamberlayne. I found him in this way: After I became secretary to the Safe Deposit Company, I took chambers in the Temple, above Cardlestone's. And ...
— The Middle Temple Murder • J.S. Fletcher
... a low voice: "To a chemist's? Do so if you wish ... but it is useless ... you would do better to go to the police-station: this unfortunate man is dead—it is a case of sudden death." The medical man added some technical words which this guardian of ...
— A Nest of Spies • Pierre Souvestre
... spherical. Of what form then are their paths, or orbits, as these are called? One might be inclined at a venture to answer "circular," but this is not the case. The orbits of the planets cannot be regarded as true circles. They are ovals, or, to speak in technical language, "ellipses." Their ovalness or "ellipticity" is, however, in each case not by any means of the same degree. Some orbits—for instance, that of the earth—differ only slightly from circles; while others—those of Mars or Mercury, for ...
— Astronomy of To-day - A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language • Cecil G. Dolmage
... technical and material advantages which the Barrier seemed to possess as a winter station, it offered a specially favourable site for an investigation of the meteorological conditions, since here one would ...
— The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 • Roald Amundsen
... at which an economic system may aim: first, it may aim at the greatest possible production of goods and at facilitating technical progress; second, it may aim at securing distributive justice; third, it may aim at giving security against destitution; and, fourth, it may aim at liberating creative ...
— Political Ideals • Bertrand Russell


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