technical
adjective
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L2167 on Wikidata ↗noun
- improvised fighting vehicle, usually a civilian pickup truck mounting a machine gun, recoilless rifle etc. used by warlords
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛk.nɪ.kəl/ / [ˈtɛk.nɪ.kl̩] / /ˈtɛt.nɪ.kəl/
adj
Etymology: From Late Latin technicus + -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”). For the late 20th-century origin of the noun sense (vehicle), see Wikipedia.
- Specifically related to a particular discipline.
“Particle physics uses the word spin in a technical sense.”
“By granting the appeal, the court is directly taking on the merits of a controversy that it largely avoided earlier this year, when it sided with Trump on technical grounds dealing with how the challenges to the policy were handled by lower courts.”
- Specifically related to a particular discipline.
“This part of the article is going to be quite technical but I cannot avoid it. It's a very complex topic.”
- Of or related to technology.
“Since the 1940s there had been many technical advancements, and a Mach 3 interceptor was no longer a mere pipe dream.”
- Technically minded; adept with science and technology.
“Kayla can probably get the printer working. She's technical like that.”
- Relating to, or requiring, technique.
“The performance showed technical virtuosity, but lacked inspiration.”
“Its design apparently made for interesting racing, with a challenging climb, technical bends and a finishing straight long enough to produce exciting sprints.”
- Relating to, or requiring, technique.
“technical climbing”
“It was a technical ascent involving ropework, belays, and protection, and the exposure was great, but there were abundant hand and footholds, and the rock was sound.”
- Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
“The market had a technical rally, due to an oversold condition.”
- In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
“Crossing the front lawn of that house to get to the mailbox was a technical trespass.”
noun
Etymology: From Late Latin technicus + -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”). For the late 20th-century origin of the noun sense (vehicle), see Wikipedia.
- A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
““Individuals or groups of people who have trucks mounted with antiaircraft guns, known as ‘technicals,’ should bring those battlewagons to Mogadishu’s old port,” he said.”
- Ellipsis of technical foul.
- A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
- Ellipsis of technical school.
- Ellipsis of technical course.
- Ellipsis of technical examination.
- Ellipsis of technical rehearsal.