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- ▪ I. technical technical 2 noun1. technicals [plural] FINANCE signs that show the way prices are moving on the stock and that help people to calculate what will happen to the price of shares etc in the future:
• The market technicals gave negative sell signals on Thursday.
[m0] ▪ II. technical tech‧ni‧cal 1 [ˈteknɪkl] adjectiveconnected with practical knowledge, skills, or methods, especially in industrial or scientific work:• The manual contains all the technical information on the product.
• Our staff provide technical support 7 days a week.
• We have appointed a new technical director.
— technically adverb :• Is the project technically feasible?
• a technically advanced industry
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Ⅰ.technical UK US /ˈteknɪkəl/ adjective► 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.
► relating to the knowledge used in a particular subject or type of work: »The undergraduate programs in Economics and Accounting emphasize technical expertise.
► 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.
► 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.
► 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.
Ⅱ.technical UK US /ˈteknɪkəl/ noun
Financial and business terms. 2012.