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technics

British  
/ ˈtɛknɪks /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) the study or theory of industry and industrial arts; technology

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Invention, technics become more and more complex: "The pace of discovery grows fantastic, and withal . . . human labor is not saved thereby."

From Time Magazine Archive

A delight for railroad buffs, its expert discussion of locomotive principles should also please all interested in U. S. technics.

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And the hand-cranked special effects of Buster Crabbe's day have given way to Star Wars technics.

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Curriculums increasingly stress mathematics, science, aeronautics, agriculture, technics, war-area languages.

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I notice that you lay the weight of your work on the side of technics.

From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by Huneker, James

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