Main Entry:

tech·ni·cal

Pronunciation:

\ˈtek-ni-kəl\

Function:

adjective

Etymology:

Greek technikos of art, skillful, from technē art, craft, skill; akin to Greek tektōn builder, carpenter, Latin texere to weave, Sanskrit takṣati he fashions

Date:

1617

1 a: having special and usually practical knowledge especially of a mechanical or scientific subject <a technical consultant> b: marked by or characteristic of specialization <technical language>2 a: of or relating to a particular subject b: of or relating to a practical subject organized on scientific principles <a technical school> c: technological 13 a: based on or marked by a strict or legal interpretation b: legal 64: of or relating to technique5: of, relating to, or produced by ordinary commercial processes without being subjected to special purification <technical sulfuric acid>6: relating to or caused by the functioning of the market as a discrete mechanism not influenced by macroeconomic factors <a technical rally>

— tech·ni·cal·ly \-k(ə-)lē\ adverb