Technology / B1

TEKN-ikl/ˈteknɪkl/

Technical means connected with machines, specialist skill, or the practical details of a subject. Technique is already in the dictionary and is a method. Specialist (this set) is a person. Online papers: a technical fault does not stop the hall clock.

Meaning

Connected with machines, specialist skill, or the practical details of a subject.

Examples

• “A technical fault delayed the online paper; the hall clock still counts.”
• “A technical drawing is a design paper, not an art sketch for its own sake.”

Good to know

a technical + fault / term / drawing. Noun: a technicality (a small rule). Related: technique (method). Exams / IT / engineering. Not “tecnical”.

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