Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to technique.
- adjective Having or demonstrating special skill or practical knowledge especially in a mechanical or scientific field.
- adjective Used in or peculiar to a specific field or profession; specialized.
- adjective Requiring advanced skills or specialized equipment.
- adjective Of or relating to the practical, mechanical, or industrial arts or to the applied sciences.
- adjective Of or relating to technology or technological studies.
- adjective Of or involving electronic or mechanical equipment.
- adjective Of or relating to information technology.
- adjective Of, relating to, or employing the methodology of science; scientific.
- adjective In strict conformance to a law, regulation, or procedure.
- adjective Strictly or narrowly defined.
- adjective Based on analysis or principle; theoretical rather than practical.
- adjective Relating to or based on market indicators, such as trading volume and fluctuations in securities prices, rather than underlying economic factors such as corporate earnings, inflation, and unemployment.
- noun A technical foul.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the mechanical arts, or any particular art, science, profession, or trade; specially appropriate to or characteristic of any art, science, profession, or trade: as, a technical word or phrase; a word taken in a technical sense; a technical difficulty; technical skill; technical schools.
- Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art or science; technicalities; technical terms; technics.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any
academic ,legal ,science ,engineering ,business , or the like terminology withspecific andprecise meaning or (frequently, as a degree ofdistinction ) shades of meaning; specially appropriate to any art, science or engineering field, or business; as, the words of anindictment must be technical. - adjective slang A secretarial way of saying "specific".
- noun A
pickup truck with a gun mounted on it. - noun basketball A
technical foul : a violation of sportsmanlike conduct, not involving physical contact.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
- adjective resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations
- noun a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it
- adjective of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
- noun (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
- adjective of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
- adjective characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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"You may not • work around any technical limitations in the software; • reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software, except and only to the extent that applicable law expressly permits, despite this limitation;" This clause completely doesn't apply. "work around any * technical* limitations in the software" well, there weren't any technical limitations, only legal ones.
TestDriven.NET by Jamie Cansdale Jamie Cansdale 2008
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Under \’technical information\’ there is nothing technical or informative – and only a phone number – why waste our time?
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On top of that the defendants advocated restrictive interpretation of the term technical provision would not be tolerated in Article 29a paragraph 3 Aw.
ElOtroLado.net 2010
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In 2005, Mr. Cuiffo played interviewer John Springer opposite Lypsinka as Joan Crawford in "The Passion of the Crawford," which he described as a technical and spiritual lesson.
Practicing the Art of Possession Bruce Bennett 2011
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Using the word "technical" doesn't change the reality if some Treasurys aren't paid on time.
The Dangers of a Default Position Richard Barley 2011
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Using the word "technical" doesn't change the reality if some Treasurys aren't paid on time.
The Dangers of a Default Position Richard Barley 2011
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MILLS-FRANCIS: Well, what happens with parole violations is they have what they call technical and substantive violations.
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We characterize things as either being part of nature — biological nutrients — or being part of technology, which we call technical nutrients.
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ROESGEN: American says it had to comply with what it calls technical issues raised by the FAA involving wiring in the wheel wells.
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Seriously, this is what they call technical support?
Archive 2007-12-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2007
MaryW commented on the word technical
Another noun sense:
Tim Weiner, Enemies: A History of the FBI (New York: Random House, 2012), p. 192July 19, 2017