Particle physics uses the wordspin in atechnical sense.
(by extension) difficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.
2025 April 22, Artem S. Tashkinov,Why Linux is not ready for the desktop (the final edition)[1]:
This part of the article is going to be quitetechnical but I cannot avoid it. It's a very complex topic.
2006, Asaf Darr,Selling Technology, page94:
One example of the blurring of boundaries is the growing interdependence of social andtechnical skills. The sales engineers and the clients' engineers are all knowledge workers.
The performance showedtechnical virtuosity, but lacked inspiration.
2015, Robert Dineen,Kings of the Road: A Journey into the Heart of British Cycling:
Its design apparently made for interesting racing, with a challenging climb,technical bends and a finishing straight long enough to produce exciting sprints.
Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
technical climbing
2014, Stephen C. Sieberson,The Naked Mountaineer: Misadventures of an Alpine Traveler[2]:
It was atechnical ascent involving ropework, belays, and protection, and the exposure was great, but there were abundant hand and footholds, and the rock was sound.
(securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
The market had atechnical rally, due to an oversold condition.
In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
Crossing the front lawn of that house to get to the mailbox was atechnical trespass.
2007 January 2, Jeffrey Gettleman, “After 15 Years, Someone’s in Charge in Somalia, if Barely”, inNew York Times[3]:
“Individuals or groups of people who have trucks mounted with antiaircraft guns, known as ‘technicals,’ should bring those battlewagons to Mogadishu’s old port,” he said.
