°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; as, the words of an
indictment must be technical.
°(slang) A secretarial way of saying "specific".
noun
°A
technical foul: a violation of sportsmanlike conduct, not involving physical contact.