technical
adjective
tech·ni·cal
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Definition of technical
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: having special and usually practical knowledge especially of a mechanical or scientific subject
a technical consultant
b
: marked by or characteristic of specialization
technical language
2a
: of or relating to a particular subject
b
: of or relating to a practical subject organized on scientific principles
a technical school
3a
: based on or marked by a strict or legal interpretation
b
: legal sense 6
4
: of or relating to technique
5
: of, relating to, or produced by ordinary commercial processes without being subjected to special purification
technical sulfuric acid
6
: relating to or caused by the functioning of the market as a discrete mechanism not influenced by macroeconomic factors
a technical rally
technical
nounDefinition of technical (Entry 2 of 2)
basketball
: technical foul
Knight walked to the scorer's table to continue his protest and was given the second technical and an automatic ejection from the game. — The New York Times
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Other Words from technical
Adjective
technically
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Synonyms & Antonyms for technical
Synonyms: Adjective
Antonyms: Adjective
general, nontechnical, untechnical
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Examples of technical in a Sentence
Adjective
If you have any problems with your new computer, we offer 24-hour technical support. I missed the first 10 minutes of the show because the network was experiencing technical difficulties . Technical experts analyzed the data. The film's director hired a real police officer as a technical consultant. a pianist with good technical skills The essay is too technical for me. the more technical details of their research “Cartography” is the technical name for the making of maps. He is using the word in its technical sense.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Just about every Democrat running for president has endorsed one of a variety of plans to make at least some public colleges or technical schools tuition-free or debt-free. — Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, "The student debt crisis and what Democratic candidates propose doing about it," 12 Sep. 2019 Uber instituted a hiring freeze of technical employees in the U.S. and Canada last month. — Los Angeles Times, "Uber cuts 435 employees in effort to ‘get our edge back’," 10 Sep. 2019 Of course, studying NDEs has significant technical hurdles. — Robert Martone, Scientific American, "New Clues Found in Understanding Near-Death Experiences," 10 Sep. 2019 Herndon’s work deals with high-level concepts, bringing into play platform and protocol theories and highly technical electronic processes. — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, "Behind Holly Herndon’s Radically Human AI Music," 10 Sep. 2019 As for his daughter’s prowess on the piano, Akakabota said he and his wife — both are from Nigeria — are more technical than creative. — Stephen Ruiz, orlandosentinel.com, "Seminole swimmer Stephanie Akakabota fine-tunes strokes in pool after playing Carnegie Hall," 10 Sep. 2019 Throughout the consulting, employees allegedly used trade secrets owned by GE Aviation to create the technical report. — Fox News, "Russians, Italians charged with conspiring to steal trade secrets from US aviation company," 6 Sep. 2019 Microsoft is also scheduled to end extended support for Windows 7 in January 2020, when the company will stop providing new software or security updates, and will end technical support. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Microsoft did it: Windows 10 now powers over half of the world's PCs," 6 Sep. 2019 Tierney has been added to Revolution’s technical staff as a player recruitment manager. — Dan Shulman, BostonGlobe.com, "Chris Tierney returns to Revolution in front office role," 30 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
And at the 8:15 mark of the third quarter, Belinelli and Heat point guard Goran Dragic received double technicals. — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, "Sixers' Marco Belinelli on Game 5: 'It's going to be another war'," 24 Apr. 2018 Green picked up his fifth playoff technical in the third quarter of Game 4 with the Warriors trailing, 64-63. — Matt Schneidman, The Mercury News, "Warriors’ Draymond Green has to be extra careful in Game 6," 12 June 2019 Rondo and the Blazers' Zach Collins were assessed technicals at that half-ending sequence. — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, "Tempers between Pelicans, Blazers flare late in first half of Game 4," 21 Apr. 2018 Ensuring those five fouls are only personal fouls — and not technicals — is a good middle ground. — Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, "The NCAA tournament is great — except for the actual basketball. Here's how to fix that.," 26 Mar. 2018 Teague was ejected for his hit on Rubio, and Crowder was ejected later on after collecting two technicals, one for exchanging words with Timberwolves head coach Tom Thibodeau. — Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, "Dwyane Wade calls Jimmy Butler-Jae Crowder Twitter trash talk a little 'Marquette family affair'," 3 Mar. 2018 And names with an improving fundamental backdrop and strong technicals like Macedonia should continue to stay bid. — Justin Villamil, Bloomberg.com, "Global Bond Gloom Makes Emerging-Market Investors Selective," 18 Jan. 2018 Unless one or more of those has been rescinded, Howard is five technicals this regular season away from an automatic one-game suspension. — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, "Charlotte Hornets’ Dwight Howard gets his revenge on Atlanta Hawks," 26 Jan. 2018 Statistically speaking: Kentucky battled foul trouble for much of the game and was whistled for 23 personal fouls and two technicals. — Fletcher Page, The Courier-Journal, "Instant analysis: Kentucky basketball falls at Tennessee for third consecutive time," 6 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'technical.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for technical
technical
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of technical
: relating to the practical use of machines or science in industry, medicine, etc.
: teaching practical skills rather than ideas about literature, art, etc.
: having special knowledge especially of how machines work or of how a particular kind of work is done
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technical
adjective
tech·ni·cal
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