Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - technical

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Technical means involving the sorts of machines, processes, and materials that are used in industry, transport, and communications. ...jobs that require technical knowledge... ADJ: usu ADJ n • technically ...the largest and most technically advanced furnace company in the world. ADV: ADV adj 2. You use technical to describe the practical skills and methods used to do an activity such as an art, a craft, or a sport. Their technical ability is exceptional... ADJ: usu ADJ n • technically While Sade’s voice isn’t technically brilliant it has a quality which is unmistakable. ADV: ADV adj 3. Technical language involves using special words to describe the details of a specialized activity. The technical term for sunburn is erythema... ADJ 4. see also technically