| technical Apr 24th 2013, 23:40 | | | | Line 13: | Line 13: | | | | | | | | # 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. | | # 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. | | | + | #*{{quote-book|year=1928|author=Lawrence R. Bourne | | | + | |title=Well Tackled! | | | + | |chapter=4|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5387037W | | | + | |passage='''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 forget that he was a master ship-builder, […]}} | | | # {{slang}} A secretarial way of saying "specific". | | # {{slang}} A secretarial way of saying "specific". | | | # {{context|of a person}} {{rfdef|lang=en}} | | # {{context|of a person}} {{rfdef|lang=en}} |
Revision as of 23:40, 24 April 2013 Wikipedia English Etymology Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τέχνη ("skill") Pronunciation 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 forget 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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Usage notes - Said of documents, subjects, writers, terms, issues, etc.
Related terms Derived terms terms derived from technical (adjective) Translations pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts Noun 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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