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technical (iou)



technical adjective & noun. E17.
[formed as TECHNIC + -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Of a person: having knowledge of or expertise in a particular art, science, or other subject. E17.
G. Millerson The technical director is in charge of the technical..staff on the show.
Pertaining to, involving, or characteristic of a particular art, science, profession, or occupation, or the applied arts and sciences generally. M17.
L. Hudson A problem of a purely technical nature: the structure of benzene. Hippocrates Callipygiana technical term for 'having lovely buttocks'. Scientific American Yet 40 percent of ordinary dictionary words are technical. UnixWorld Keeping track of queries..a major headache for the technical support staff.
transf. Of a writer, textbook, etc.: using or dealing with terms that belong to a particular subject or field; requiring specialist knowledge to be understood; treating a subject in a specialist way. L18.
Guardian A technical writer who can keep..readers up-to-date..in a fast-moving industry. Times Educational Supplement An ambitious..technical encyclopaedia for the upper junior..years.
Officially or properly so called or regarded; that is such according to the particular terminology or from the particular viewpoint of an art, science, etc. M19.
Legally such; so regarded according to a strict legal interpretation. E20.
P. G. Wodehouse You ought to have had the scoundrel arrested...It was a technical assault.
Finance. Pertaining to or designating a market in which prices are determined chiefly by internal factors. E20.
Special collocations: technical college, technical school: at which mechanical arts and applied sciences are taught. technical difficulty (esp. in Law) a difficulty arising from a method of procedure. technical drawing the exact delineation of (planned or designed) objects. technical foul Basketball: which does not involve contact between opponents. technical hitch an interruption or breakdown due to mechanical failure; loosely an unexpected obstacle or snag. technical knockout Boxing the ending of a fight by a referee on the grounds of one boxer's inability to continue, the opponent being declared the winner. technical school: see technical college above. technical sergeant US a rank of non-commissioned officer in the US air force, above staff sergeant and below master sergeant.
b. noun. In pl. Technical terms or points; technicalities. L18.
technicalism noun (rare) technical style or treatment; addiction to technicalities: E19.
technicalist noun (rare) a person versed in or addicted to technicalities E19.
technically adverb M17.
technicalness noun E19.