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technical

adj
/ˈtɛk.nɪ.kəl/US/ˈtɛt.nɪ.kəl/

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.

  1. derived from τεχνικός

Definitions

  1. Specifically related to a particular discipline.

    • Particle physics uses the word spin in a technical sense.
    • 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Technically minded

    Technically minded; adept with science and technology.

    • Kayla can probably get the printer working. She's technical like that.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. 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.

    2. Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.

      • The market had a technical rally, due to an oversold condition.

    3. 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.

    4. A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.

      • “Individuals or groups of people who have trucks mounted with antiaircraft guns, known as ‘technicals,’ should bring those battlewagons to Mogadishu’s old port,” he said.

    5. Ellipsis of technical foul.

    6. A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's…

      A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.

    7. Ellipsis of technical school.

    8. Ellipsis of technical course.

    9. Ellipsis of technical examination.

    10. Ellipsis of technical rehearsal.

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Derived

aerotechnical, agrotechnical, ampelotechnical, anthropotechnical, biotechnical, chief technical officer, electrotechnical, geotechnical, histotechnical, hydrotechnical, hypertechnical, medicotechnical, nanotechnical, overtechnical, pharmacotechnical, polytechnical, pretechnical, pseudotechnical, psychotechnical, pyrotechnical, secondary technical school, semitechnical, sociotechnical, subtechnical, supertechnical, technical analysis, technical analyst, technical area, technical climbing, technical college, technical cybernetics, technical debt, technical difficulty, technical diving, technical drawing, technical group, technicalia, technicalism, technicalist, technicality · +29 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at technical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at technical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at technical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA