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technic

[tek-nik or for 1, tek-neek]
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noun
  1. technique.
  2. a technicality.
  3. technics, (used with a singular or plural verb) the study or science of an art or of arts in general, especially the mechanical or industrial arts.
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adjective
  1. technical.
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Origin of technic

1605–15; (noun) earlier technica < Greek techniká, neuter plural of technikós of art and craft, equivalent to téchn(ē) art, craft + -ikos -ic; (adj.) < Greek technikós
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Examples from the Web for technic

Historical Examples

  • You can acquire all the technic you require, right here in Chicago.

    A Daughter of the Middle Border

    Hamlin Garland

  • All show distinctly a clinging to the technic of ceramic art.

  • We are certain that no routine method or technic can be developed.

    The Mother and Her Child

    William S. Sadler

  • Rosenthal's art probably matches Tausig's in technic and tone.

    Old Fogy

    James Huneker

  • So much of the technic of the world to-day we take as a matter of course.

    Working With the Working Woman

    Cornelia Stratton Parker

British Dictionary definitions for technic

technic

noun
  1. (tɛkˈniːk) another word for technique
  2. (ˈtɛknɪk) another word for technics
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Word Origin

C17: from Latin technicus, from Greek tekhnikos, from tekhnē art, skill
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Word Origin and History for technic

adj.

1610s, "technical," from Latin technicus, from Greek tekhnikos "of or pertaining to art," from tekhne (see techno-).

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