technical
pronunciation
How to pronounce technical in British English:
UK [ˈteknɪkl]
How to pronounce technical in American English:
US [ˈteknɪkl]
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- Noun:
- a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it
- (basketball) a foul that that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to technique
- characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences
- of or relating to proficiency in a practical skill
- of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
- resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations
- of production of chemicals for commercial purposes especially on a large scale
Word Origin
- technical
- technical: [17] Greek tékhnē denoted ‘skill, art, craft, trade’ (it may have come from the Indo- European base *tek- ‘shape, make’, which also produced Greek téktōn ‘carpenter, builder’, source of English architect and tectonic [17]). From it was derived the adjective tekhnikós, which passed into English via Latin technicus as technic (now obsolete) and technical. Technique [19] comes from a noun use of the French adjective technique ‘technical’. From the same source come technicolour [20], based on the trademark Technicolor (registered in 1929), and technology [17].=> architect, technique, tectonic, text
- technical (adj.)
- 1610s, "skilled in a particular art or subject," formed in English from technic + -al (1), or in part from Greek tekhnikos "of art; systematic," in reference to persons "skillful, artistic," from tekhne "art, skill, craft" (see techno-). The sense narrowed to "having to do with the mechanical arts" (1727). Basketball technical foul (one which does not involve contact between opponents) is recorded from 1934. Boxing technical knock-out (one in which the loser is not knocked out) is recorded from 1921; abbreviation TKO is from 1940s. Technical difficulty is from 1805.
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Example
- 1. Only the technical details have changed .
- 2. I understand there are technical challenges .
- 3. People often don 't realize how technical writing is .
- 4. Other technical information is available here .
- 5. The biggest technical problem is connectivity .