technic
[tek-nik or for 1, tek-neek]
noun
a technicality.
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.
adjective
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style, practice, form, habit, process, rule, technique, recipe, system, mechanism, arrangement, program, design, plan, way, manner, scheme, approach, mode, capacity
Nearby words
- tech. sgt.,
- teched,
- techie,
- technetium,
- technetronic,
- technical,
- technical area,
- technical college,
- technical drawing,
- technical foul
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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Word Origin for technic
C17: from Latin technicus, from Greek tekhnikos, from tekhnē art, skill
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technic
1610s, "technical," from Latin technicus, from Greek tekhnikos "of or pertaining to art," from tekhne (see techno-).
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