technical

comparative more technical · superlative most technical

1. Specifically related to a particular discipline.

   Particle physics uses the word spin in a technical sense.

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   By granting the appeal, the court is directly taking on the merits of a controversy that it largely avoided earlier this year, when it sided with Trump on technical grounds dealing with how the challenges to the policy were handled by lower courts.

   2025 December 5, John Fritze, “Supreme Court agrees to decide if Trump may end birthright citizenship”, in CNN

   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.

   2006, Asaf Darr, Selling Technology, page 94

   Synonyms: technic

   1. broadlydifficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.

      This part of the article is going to be quite technical but I cannot avoid it. It's a very complex topic.

      2025 April 22, Artem S. Tashkinov, Why Linux is not ready for the desktop (the final edition)

      Synonyms: technic

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.

   Synonyms: technological, technologic

3. Technically minded; adept with science and technology.

   Kayla can probably get the printer working. She's technical like that.

4. Relating to, or requiring, technique.

   The performance showed technical virtuosity, but lacked inspiration.

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   Its design apparently made for interesting racing, with a challenging climb, technical bends and a finishing straight long enough to produce exciting sprints.

   2015, Robert Dineen, Kings of the Road: A Journey into the Heart of British Cycling

   Synonyms: technic

   1. Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.

      technical climbing

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      It was a technical ascent involving ropework, belays, and protection, and the exposure was great, but there were abundant hand and footholds, and the rock was sound.

      2014, Stephen C. Sieberson, The Naked Mountaineer: Misadventures of an Alpine Traveler

      Synonyms: technic

5. securities and other marketsRelating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.

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

6. 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.

plural technicals

1. countableuncountableA 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.

   2007 January 2, Jeffrey Gettleman, “After 15 Years, Someone’s in Charge in Somalia, if Barely”, in New York Times

2. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableball gamesEllipsis of technical foul.
3. countableuncountablevideo gamesA special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
4. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of technical school.
5. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of technical course.
6. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of technical examination.
7. abbreviationcountableellipsisinformaluncountableEllipsis of technical rehearsal.