technic

American  

[tek-nik, tek-neek] / ˈtɛk nɪk, tɛkˈnik /

noun

1. technique.

2. a technicality.

3. (used with a singular or plural verb) technics, 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.

technic British  

noun

1. another word for technique

2. another word for technics

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Indeed the number of casualties by traffic accidents may decrease if the technic and the road system for driverless cars are established.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2017

I employed the technic of taking short walking, working breaks every couple of hrs.. at work for 40 yrs. in lieu of talking work on the phone.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2016

She practiced three hours at a time, three times a week, became a close friend of Marion Lloyd who, another Vince pupil, has the soundest technic among U. S. woman fencers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Storage of it requires a special technic, but since one-third of its weight is water it is cheaply shipped after treatment.

From Time Magazine Archive

What chiefly distinguished Liszt's technic was the absolute freedom of his arms.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James

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