technician

American  

[tek-nish-uhn] / tɛkˈnɪʃ ən /

noun

1. a person who is trained or skilled in the technicalities of a subject.

2. a person who is skilled in the technique of an art, as music or painting.

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technician British  

/ tɛkˈnɪʃən /

noun

1. a person skilled in mechanical or industrial techniques or in a particular technical field

2. a person employed in a laboratory, technical college, or scientific establishment to do practical work

3. a person having specific artistic or mechanical skill, esp if lacking original flair or genius

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Etymology

Origin of technician

1825–35; technic + -ian; -ician

Example Sentences

But the Relative Strength Index, which many technicians use to gauge the speed of price movement, has fallen from a close of 70.39 on Oct.

From MarketWatch

There’s a yearly shortfall of approximately 37,000 trained technicians, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association.

From MarketWatch

So here are practical tips gathered from my years in the trenches and conversations with the best technicians I know.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here are practical tips gathered from my years in the trenches and conversations with the best technicians I know.

From The Wall Street Journal

But too often the centre lacks the materials needed, as well as qualified technicians.

From Barron's

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