technical
English
/ˈtɛk.nɪk.əl/
adj
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any academic, legal, science, engineering, business, or the like terminology with specific and precise meaning or (frequently, as a degree of distinction) shades of meaning; specially appropriate to any art, science or engineering field, or business
- (of a person) Technically-minded; adept with science and technology.
- Relating to, or requiring, technique.
- Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
- (securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
- In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
Etymology
Derived from Latin technicus derived from Ancient Greek τέχνη (art, skill, craft, cunning, craftsmanship, wile).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τέχνη
Gloss
art, skill, craft, cunning, craftsmanship, wile
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
芸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agrotechnical English
- ampelotechnical English
- anthropotechnical English
- biotechnical English
- electrotechnical English
- electrotechnically English
- geotechnical English
- geotechnically English
- histotechnical English
- hydrotechnical English
- hypertechnical English
- medicotechnical English
- nanotechnical English
- non-technical English
- nontechnical English
- nontechnically English
- overtechnical English
- polytechnical English
- pseudotechnical English
- psychotechnical English
- pyrotechnical English
- semitechnical English
- sociotechnical English
- sociotechnically English
- subtechnical English
- supertechnical English
- techne English
- technicality English
- technicalization English
- technicalize English
- technically English
- technicalness English
- techno- English
- technology English
- untechnical English
- zymotechnical English
- techna Latin
- technicus Latin
- technici Dutch, Flemish
- technicus Dutch, Flemish
- technique French
- técnico Spanish, Castilian
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- ματαιοτεχνία Ancient Greek
- τέχνη Ancient Greek
- τεχνικός Ancient Greek
- τεχνογράφος Ancient Greek
- *tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- テクニカル Japanese
- technický Czech
- τέχνη Greek (modern)
- τεχνητός Greek (modern)
- τεχνολογία Greek (modern)
- teknikal Cebuano
- tekne Turkish
- טכנולוגיה Hebrew (modern)
- технологія Ukrainian
- techne
- techno-
- technology
- untechnical
- technically
- geotechnical
- technicality
- technicalize
- biotechnical
- subtechnical
- nontechnical
- zymotechnical
- overtechnical
- non-technical
- polytechnical
- semitechnical
- nanotechnical
- technicalness
- agrotechnical
- pyrotechnical
- histotechnical
- geotechnically
- hydrotechnical
- hypertechnical
- nontechnically
- supertechnical
- sociotechnical
- pseudotechnical
- ampelotechnical
- psychotechnical
- medicotechnical
- technicalization
- sociotechnically
- electrotechnical
- anthropotechnical
- electrotechnically