Technique Definition
tĕk-nēk
techniques
noun
techniques
The manner in which the details of an artistic work or of a scientific or mechanical operation are executed or performed.
Webster's New World
Skill or command in a particular activity.
A pianist with superb technique.
American Heritage
The degree of expertness in following this.
A pianist with good technique but poor expression.
Webster's New World
Any method or manner of accomplishing something.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Technique
Noun
Singular:
technique
Plural:
techniquesOrigin of Technique
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From French technique (“technicality; branch of knowledge"), noun use of technique (“technical"), from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (technikos, “of or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful"), from τέχνη (techne, “art, handicraft"), from τίκτειν (tiktein, “to bring forth, produce").
From Wiktionary
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French technical, technique from Greek tekhnikos technical technical
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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