Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
- n. The way in which the fundamentals, as of an artistic work, are handled.
- n. Skill or command in handling such fundamentals. See Synonyms at art1.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as technic: used especially in criticism of music and art.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The method or manner of performance in any art; -- also called
technic . - n. The body of technical methods and procedures used in a science or craft.
- n. the detailed movements used for executing an artistic performance; technical skill; artistic execution.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a practical method or art applied to some particular task
- n. skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
Etymologies
- 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"). (Wiktionary)
- French, technical, technique, from Greek tekhnikos, technical; see technical. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“This technique is about solving back pain caused by poor posture.”
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“The disadvantage of this technique is the number of variables.”
“The photos above show printed-out pages, but this technique is also useful for attaching blank pages for handwritten notes.”
“The second part of the technique is a strike to the brachial plexus origin.”
“So why this distrust of virtuosity, this assumption that somehow, if your technique is astonishingly good, your emotional connection with the music must necessarily suffer?”
“Further reading should then make clear that the basis of this technique is as described above.”
“Its called “bringing people together” in Obamaland, but the technique is at least 80 years old.”
“This technique is also advocated by those who believe it is the right thing to do.”
“I'm not sure exactly what you call the technique that's used, but I'm pretty sure it's that dealie that was used in Waking Life (never saw it -- was it good?) where they film the movie live and then somehow give those images an animation-type feel.”
“She could definitely benefit from lessons from Anya Garnis in Latin technique because I think she's capable of better, but just hasn't learned how.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘technique’.
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SCIE - mathematics
The most frequent words in the titles of mathematical books and journals (www.sciencedirect.com)
surface, administration, project, motion, machine, medical, vision, solid, shape, scheme, income, proceed and 205 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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MUSIC - jazz
funky, pedal, bebop, rap, mix, sub, mid, rag, ECM, bpm, bop, Afro and 437 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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intueri's Words
inveigle, dolorous, archly, feckless, resplendent, concatenation, peripatetic, delightful, cookie, fey, ephemeral, effervescent and 347 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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harmony of the spheres
tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic, leading tone, progression, sonata, concerto, allegro and 247 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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European World Systems
europe, colonization, defense, barter, feudalism, gunpowder, technology, guns, domination, lords, monarchs, transition and 250 more...
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oneasterism's words
Words that I like, that I don't use often enough, that are new to me, that friends and family have taught me, and so on.
lugubrious, reticent, eschelon, missive, penchant, copious, conspicuous, tranquil, redolent, asinine, inane, dilatory and 625 more...
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INTERP - VOCABULARY
The vocabulary of conference interpreting. I commend this list to those who want to know more about the profession and to those who wish to organize their knowledge about the profession. To aspirin...
retour language, A-language, B-language, C-language, relay language, take sy on relay, language booth, booth meeting, mic, mike, mission, freelance interpr... and 2086 more...
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Words kirby1024 has recorded pronounc...
The list of words that kirby1024 has gotten around to recording pronounciations for.
the, testosterone, estrogen, cache, memory, antimnemonic, politics, gynophagia, prophylactic, proletariat, beguile, Vegemite and 36 more...
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Poetrie: The Book of My Enemy Has Bee...
by Clive James
The book of my enemy has been remaindered
And I am pleased.
In vast quantities it has been remaindered
Like a van-load of counterfeit that has been sei...glad, crystal goblets, champagne, sweet moment, offset, sadness, slight element, merit, marketing error, miscalculated pri..., meted out, chastisement of r... and 59 more...
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