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 1
3 a : based on or marked by a strict or legal interpretation b : legal 6
4 : of or relating to technique
5 : 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