Meaning of technical In English

• 0 relating to the knowledge, machines, or methods used in science and industry:

  • a few technical problems

  • Personally, I found some parts of the book a little too technical to follow.

  • In her performance as the Snow Queen she showed great technical brilliance.

• 1 involving or needing special skills or knowledge, esp. in science or engineering (= the design and building of machines, equipment, and structures):

  • The computer company ran into some last-minute technical problems with its new disk drives.

• 2 relating to science or industry:

  • They have both the best entrepreneurs and the best technical people.

  • a technical company/the technical sector

  • Only 3% of the workforce has gone through technical education.

• 3 relating to the knowledge used in a particular subject or type of work:

  • The undergraduate programs in Economics and Accounting emphasize technical expertise.

• 4 a technical subject, word, etc. is difficult to understand without special knowledge of a subject:

  • The language is too technical for most people to understand.

  • Try to avoid too many technical terms if possible.

• 5 relating to machines, systems, etc. or to the practical way in which something works:

  • technical problems/errors/glitches

  • He's head of our technical support team.

  • Please consult the technical manual.

• 6 based on a very exact and detailed way of understanding a law or a rule:

  • It is an overly technical interpretation of the regulations that has caused this problem.

  • The technical definition of a multinational fails to convey the scope and diversity of global business.

• 7 signs relating to the way markets typically behave, rather than those relating to the real profits of companies whose shares are traded, the real economy, etc.:

  • The technicals suggest we should sell.

  • The technicals are very bullish.

• 8 →  tech noun