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technical definition

tech·ni·cal (tek′ni kəl)

adjective

  1. having to do with the practical, industrial, or mechanical arts or the applied sciences a technical school
  2. of, used in, or peculiar to a specific science, art, profession, craft, etc.; specialized technical vocabulary
  3. skilled in a particular science, art, etc. a technical assistant
  4. of, in, or showing technique technical skill
  5. in terms of some science, art, etc.; according to principles or rules a technical difference
  6. concerned with or making use of technicalities or minute, formal points
  7. Finance designating or of a market in which stock prices are sharply affected by short-run, speculative considerations technical rally

Etymology: technic + -al

noun

technical foul

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technical Synonyms

technical

modif.

specialized, special, scientific, professional, scholarly, mechanical, methodological, restricted, abstruse, highly versed, technological, industrial.

Antonyms artistic*, nontechnical, simplified.


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technical Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • get: O kay, this gets a bit technical, but Japanese and American TV refresh at 60 frames-per-second.

Used with adjective complement

  • get: Head across the road into the wood - BE CAREFUL - it gets technical from here!

Modifies a noun

  • expertise: From beginners to masters, we train for every level of technical expertise.

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: This is not to disparage purely technical or professional training.

Preposition: in

  • nature: QPR1st has concluded that they are technical in nature and no great threat to the club and its financial position.
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technical quotes

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

-Hoffer, Eric

The philosophy which isso important in each of us isnot a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means† it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.

-James,William

When you see something that is technically sweet, you goahead and doitand youargueabout whatto doabout it onlyafter you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.

-Oppenheimer,J(ulius) Robert

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