Definitions for technical
ˈtɛk nɪ kəltech·ni·cal

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. technicalnoun

   a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it

2. technical foul, technicaladjective

   (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play

3. technical, proficientadjective

   of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill

   "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the technical dazzle of her dancing"

4. technicaladjective

   characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences

   "a technical problem"; "highly technical matters hardly suitable for the general public"; "a technical report"; "producing the A-bomb was a challenge to the technical people of this country"; "technical training"; "technical language"

5. technical, technologicaladjective

   of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles

   "technical college"; "technological development"

6. technical, expertadjective

   of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood

   "technical terminology"; "a technical report"; "technical language"

7. technicaladjective

   resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations

   "analysts content that the stock market is due for a technical rally"; "the fall is only a technical correction"

Wiktionary(3.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. technicalnoun

   A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.

2. technicalnoun

   A technical foul: a violation of sportsmanlike conduct, not involving physical contact.

3. technicaladjective

   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.

4. technicaladjective

   A secretarial way of saying "specific".

5. Etymology: technicus, from τέχνη

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Technicaladjective

   Belonging to arts; not in common or popular use.

   Etymology: τεχνιϰὸς; technique, Fr.

   In technical words, or terms of art, they refrain not from calling the same substance sometimes the sulphur, and sometimes the mercury of a body. John Locke.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Technicaladjective

   of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Technical

   A technical is a type of improvised fighting vehicle, typically a civilian or military non-combat vehicle, modified to provide an offensive capability similar to a military gun truck. It is usually an open-backed civilian pickup truck or four-wheel drive vehicle mounting a machine gun, light anti-aircraft gun, recoilless rifle, or other support weapon. The term technical describing such a vehicle originated in Somalia in the early 1990s. Barred from bringing in private security, non-governmental organizations hired local gunmen to protect their personnel, using money defined as "technical assistance grants". Eventually the term broadened to include any vehicle carrying armed men. Technicals have also been referred to as battlewagons, gunwagons, or gunships. Among irregular armies, often centered around the perceived strength and charisma of warlords, the prestige power of technicals is strong. According to one article, "The Technical is the most significant symbol of power in southern Somalia. It is a small truck with large tripod machine guns mounted on the back. A warlord's power is measured by how many of these vehicles he has." Technicals are not commonly used by well-funded armies that are able to procure purpose-built combat vehicles, because the soft-skinned civilian vehicles that technicals are based on do not offer very good protection to their crew and passengers.

Matched Categories

1. • Military Vehicle
   • Pickup

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'technical' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1533

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'technical' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1973

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'technical' in Adjectives Frequency: #181

Anagrams for technical »

1. catchline

How to pronounce technical?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of technical in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of technical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of technical in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   I don't know what that means, a community college, call it vocational and technical. People know what that means. They don't know what a community college means.

2. First Trust:

   The errors resulted from a technical malfunction at our third party administrator, the Bank of New York Mellon.

3. Anderson Alves:

   Equity prices are likely to be driven by technical positioning this week, as trade enters the final week of the month.

4. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier:

   The United States and Russia said they are ready to make progress on the technical level to be able to check who is (responsible) for breaking the ceasefire.

5. Melissa Chase:

   The Brothers Osbourne power outage is the most awkward musical technical issue since Ashley Simpson SNL hoedown.

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