TECHNICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does technical mean? 

• TECHNICAL (noun)
  The noun TECHNICAL has 2 senses:

1. a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it

2. (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

  Familiarity information: TECHNICAL used as a noun is rare.

• TECHNICAL (adjective)
  The adjective TECHNICAL has 7 senses:

1. of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill

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

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

4. relating to or concerned with machinery or tools

5. according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules

6. of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood

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

  Familiarity information: TECHNICAL used as an adjective is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TECHNICAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("technical" is a kind of...):

military vehicle (vehicle used by the armed forces)

pickup; pickup truck (a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

technical; technical foul

Hypernyms ("technical" is a kind of...):

foul (an act that violates the rules of a sport)

Domain category:

basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)

• TECHNICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

proficient; technical

Context example:

the technical dazzle of her dancing

Pertainym:

technique (a practical method or art applied to some particular task)

Derivation:

technique (skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Context example:

technical language

Antonym:

nontechnical (not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences)

Derivation:

technicality (the state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

technical; technological

Context example:

technological development

Pertainym:

technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Relating to or concerned with machinery or tools

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

mechanical; mechanically skillful; technical

Context example:

a technical fault

Pertainym:

technology (machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences)

Sense 5

Meaning:

According to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

technicality (a specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular field)

Derivation:

technicality (a specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular field)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood

Synonyms:

expert; technical

Context example:

technical language

Similar:

skilled (having or showing or requiring special skill)

Sense 7

Meaning:

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

Context example:

the fall is only a technical correction

Similar:

commercial (connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises)

 Context examples 

A word or small set of words designed to convey the subject of a technical article.

(Keyword, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates a biomedical image that is of acceptable quality, with no technical defect likely to impair using the image for diagnosis.

(Diagnostic Quality, NCI Thesaurus)

Also a small packet of technical papers.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The definition of an international unit is generally arbitrary and technical, and has to be officially approved by the International Conference for Unification of Formulae.

(International Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A person trained to provide technical advice and assistance concerning the routine maintenance and service of hospital equipment.

(Hospital Service Technician, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of professional or vocational positions of employment that involve healthcare practice or technical operations.

(Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, NCI Thesaurus)

The Laboratory Animal Husbandry Shared Resource provides basic husbandry service as well as technical support services to the Cancer Center research community.

(Laboratory Animal Husbandry Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

Technical specifications about a device that are issued by the manufacturer.

(Device Parameters, NCI Thesaurus)

It advises the NIH Deputy Director for Management and delivery of technical and administrative services in support of the NIH research mission.

(Office of Research Services, NCI Thesaurus)

A publication that contains original articles that have been written by scientists and evaluated for technical and scientific quality and correctness by other experts in the same field.

(Peer-reviewed scientific journal, NCI Dictionary)