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

(uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements. [from 19th c.]

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Technique

Singular:

technique

Plural:

techniques

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
French technical, technique from Greek tekhnikos technical technical

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition