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technique
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun technique has 2 senses
- technique(n = noun.cognition) Array - a practical method or art applied to some particular task; Array is a kind of method
- technique(n = noun.cognition) proficiency - skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency" is a kind of skillfulness
has particulars: antialiasing, benday process, bonding, emulation, immunofluorescence, photomechanics, computer simulation, simulation
Derived forms noun technician1, noun technician2
has particulars: brushwork, musketry
Derived forms adjective technical1, noun technician1, noun technician2
CIDE DICTIONARY
technique, n. [F.].
- The method or manner of performance in any art; -- also called
technic . [1913 Webster] - The body of technical methods and procedures used in a science or craft. [PJC]
- the detailed movements used for executing an artistic performance; technical skill; artistic execution; as, a pianist's fingering technique. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
technique, n.
1 mechanical skill in an art.
2 a means of achieving one's purpose, esp. skilfully.
3 a manner of artistic execution in music, painting, etc.
1 mechanical skill in an art.
2 a means of achieving one's purpose, esp. skilfully.
3 a manner of artistic execution in music, painting, etc.
Etymology
F (as TECHNIC)
THESAURUS
technique
MO, SOP, ability, acquaintance, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, algorithm, approach, aptitude, arrangement, art, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, atmosphere, attack, balance, bravura, brilliance, brushwork, capability, capacity, cleverness, color, command, competence, composition, control, coordination, corpus, course, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, data, datum, deftness, design, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, draftsmanship, efficiency, experience, expertise, facility, facts, factual base, faculty, familiarity, fashion, finesse, form, genius, gift, grace, grip, grouping, guise, handiness, horsemanship, information, ingeniousness, ingenuity, intelligence, intimacy, ken, knack, know-how, knowing, knowledge, line, line of action, lines, manner, manner of working, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, means, mechanics, mechanism, method, methodology, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus, modus operandi, order, painterliness, performance, perspective, practical ability, practical knowledge, practice, private knowledge, privity, procedure, proceeding, process, proficiency, prowess, quickness, ratio cognoscendi, readiness, resource, resourcefulness, routine, savoir-faire, savvy, science, seamanship, self-knowledge, shading, shadow, skill, skillfulness, standard operating procedure, style, system, tack, tact, tactfulness, talent, technic, technical brilliance, technical know-how, technical knowledge, technical mastery, technical skill, technics, technology, the drill, the how, the way of, timing, tone, touch, treatment, values, virtuosity, way, wise, wit, wizardry, workmanship
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