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