technical // adjective, noun

■ adjective

1

connected with the practical use of machinery, methods, etc:

The crash was caused by a technical fault.

Younger employees tend to have more technical know-how than older ones.

We have experienced technical difficulties with our email distribution list.

The new CEO has a technical background rather than a business one.

a technical fault/glitch/hitch a technical breakthrough/difficulty technical capabilities/developments

2

connected with a particular subject and therefore difficult to understand if you do not know about that subject:

The manual contains too much technical jargon.

The guide is too technical for a non-specialist.

technical jargon/language/terms

3

connected with the exact details of official laws, rules, etc:

The economic slowdown does not yet meet the technical definition of a recession.

The shareholders have had two requests for an extraordinary meeting turned down on technical grounds.

technical grounds/reasons/rules

technically // adverb:

It is not technically possible to install the system in such a small space.

Although the practice is technically illegal, it is still very common.

■ noun

1 (Stock Exchange ) technicals [pl.] (also technical indicator [C])

measurements, such as the price of shares and the number that have been bought and sold, that are used to predict what will happen to a stock market in the future:

Technicals represent a good picture of the present situation.

I follow the market technicals.

⇨ FUNDAMENTALS, TECHNICAL ANALYST

2 [C, usually pl.] = TECH noun

• organization theory
• organize
• organized
• organized labour
• organizer
• organizing business
• -orientated
• orientation
• -oriented
• origin
• original
• original equipment manufacturer
• original goods
• originate
• origination
• OS
• oscillate
• OTC
• OTE
• other
• OTS
• ounce
• oust
• ouster
• out