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Webster 1913 Edition
Technical
Tech′nic-al
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] an art, probably from the same root as [GREEK], [GREEK], to bring forth, produce, and perhaps akin to E.
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: cf. F. technique
.] Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business;
as, the words of an indictment must be
. technical
Blackstone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Technical
TECH'NICAL
,Adj.
1.
Pertaining to art or the arts. A technical word is a word that belongs properly or exclusively to an art; as the verb to smelt, belongs to metallurgy. So we say, technical phrases, technical language. Every artificer has his technical terms.2.
Belonging to a particular profession; as, the words of an indictment must be technical. It is of the utmost importance clearly to understand the technical terms used by the eastern theologians.