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Latest revision as of 23:42, 24 April 2013 Wikipedia [edit] English [edit] Etymology Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τέχνη ("skill") [edit] Pronunciation [edit] Adjective technical (comparative more technical, superlative most technical) - Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any academic, legal, science, engineering, business, or the like terminology with specific and precise meaning or (frequently, as a degree of distinction) shades of meaning; specially appropriate to any art, science or engineering field, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical.
- 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, Well Tackled![1]:
- Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]
- (slang) A secretarial way of saying "specific".
- (of a person) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text
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[edit] Usage notes - Said of documents, subjects, writers, terms, issues, etc.
[edit] Related terms [edit] Derived terms terms derived from technical (adjective) [edit] Translations pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts technical (plural technicals) - A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
- (basketball) A technical foul: a violation of sportsmanlike conduct, not involving physical contact.
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