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

Clapping his hands, Mr. Lasky told Director William K. Howard to shoot it exactly as written, and forthwith broadcast a huge publicity about a revolutionary cinema technic called "narratage."

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

Of course—after the foregoing—this does not mean that everybody who has a good and well-controlled technic can interpret a piece in style.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef

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