technical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (California, Southern) audio
- /ˈtek.nɪk.əl/ (Australia)
- /ˈtɛt.nɪk.əl/ (Southern-US, nonstandard)
- /ˈtɛk.nɪk.əl/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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Specifically related to a particular discipline.
By granting the appeal, the court is directly taking on the merits of a controversy that it largely avoided earlier this year, when it sided with Trump on technical grounds dealing with how the challenges to the policy were handled by lower courts.
2025 December 5, John Fritze, “Supreme Court agrees to decide if Trump may end birthright citizenship”, in CNN: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.
2006, Asaf Darr, Selling Technology, page 94:Particle physics uses the word spin in a technical sense.
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(broadly) Specifically related to a particular discipline. ▸ difficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.
This part of the article is going to be quite technical but I cannot avoid it. It's a very complex topic.
2025 April 22, Artem S. Tashkinov, Why Linux is not ready for the desktop (the final edition):
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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.
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(of a person) Technically minded; adept with science and technology.
Kayla can probably get the printer working. She's technical like that.
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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.
2015, Robert Dineen, Kings of the Road: A Journey into the Heart of British Cycling:
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Relating to, or requiring, technique. ▸ Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
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.
2014, Stephen C. Sieberson, The Naked Mountaineer: Misadventures of an Alpine Traveler:technical climbing
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(qualifier: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.
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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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more technical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most technical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
fundamental (securities and other markets)
Deriveds
pyrotechnical · technical tee · technical week · polytechnical · technical analysis · technical pencil · technical knockout · anthropotechnical · cybertechnical · medicotechnical · technical sergeant · pseudotechnical · semitechnical · psychotechnical · technical submission · technical difficulty · technical drawing · techwear · Treknical · technical pen · technical group · sociotechnical · technical debt · technicalist · overtechnical · supertechnical · technical support · biotechnical · technical school · technical skier · technical term · technicalia · technicalness · hypertechnical · untechnical · technical university · pharmacotechnical · technical climbing · zymotechnical · subtechnical · technical area · technicalism · technical cybernetics · aerotechnical · hydrotechnical · technical diving · pretechnical · technical writer · ultratechnical · technical standard · technical win · ampelotechnical · technical tap · technical writing · technical sense · histotechnical · secondary technical school · chief technical officer · technicalization · technical analyst · nanotechnical · electrotechnical · diatechnical · agrotechnical · technicalize · technical college · technical meaning · technical skiing · technicality · technical stop · geotechnical
Relateds
technically · technological · technology
Synonyms
technic · technologic · technological · technic · technic · technic
Translations (65)
bg техни́чески (technically-minded) · hy տեխնիկական (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · de fachspezifisch (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · sv teknisk (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · sl tehničen (technically-minded) · pl techniczny (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · yi טעכניש (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · te పారిభాషిక (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · de fachsprachlich (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · de Fach- (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · ca tècnic (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · izh tehniceskoi (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · bg техни́чески (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · ml സാങ്കേതിക (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · no teknisk (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · scn tècnicu (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · ro tehnic (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · ms teknikal (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · bg техничен (relating to technique) · de fachlich (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · scn tènnicu (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · de technikorientiert (technically-minded) · ga teicniúil (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · es técnico (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · de technisch (relating to technique) · tl aghimuin (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · el τεχνικός (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · tr fennî (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · it tecnico (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · ru техни́ческий (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · de handwerklich (relating to technique) · cs technický (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · he טכני (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · uk техні́чний (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · tl aghimuin (relating to technique) · pt técnico (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · kk техникалық (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · nl technisch (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · ur تکنیکی (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · cy technegol (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · si තාක්ෂණික (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · cmn 技術的 /技术的 (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · fi tekninen (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · sl tehnično usmerjen (technically-minded) · mr तांत्रिक (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · hu műszaki (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · tr teknik (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · id teknis (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · cy technegol (relating to technique) · ml സാങ്കേതിക (relating to technique) · da teknisk (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · fr technique (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · af tegnies (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · cy technolegol (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · sl tehničen (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · cy technolegol (technically-minded) · ka ტექნიკური (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · eo teknika (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · de technisch (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · tg техникӣ (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · de markttechnisch (relating to the internal mechanics of a market) · cy technegol (technically-minded) · de technisch (technically-minded) · it tennico (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts) · eo teĥnika (pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts)