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The definition of technical is something having to do with an industrial or mechanical art or an applied science.

(adjective)

An example of technical used as an adjective is the phrase technical jargon which is the language a machinist would use to describe a mechanical issue with another machinist.

See technical in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

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

Origin: technic + -al

noun

technical foul

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technically adverb

See technical in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of, relating to, or derived from technique.
a. Having special skill or practical knowledge especially in a mechanical or scientific field: a technical adviser.
b. Used in or peculiar to a specific field or profession; specialized: technical terminology.
a. Belonging or relating to a particular subject: technical expertise.
b. Of, relating to, or involving the practical, mechanical, or industrial arts or the applied sciences: a technical school.
a. Abstract or theoretical: a technical analysis.
b. Of, relating to, or employing the methodology of science; scientific.
According to principle; formal rather than practical: a technical advantage.
Industrial and mechanical; technological.
Relating to or based on analysis of market indicators, such as trading volume and fluctuations in securities prices, rather than underlying economic conditions such as corporate earnings, inflation, and unemployment: a technical correction in the stock market.