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technique

tech·ni·que

UK/tɛkˈniːk/ US/tɛˈknik/ common

noun

1.
2.

skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

  • “practice greatly improves proficiency”
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Origin

Borrowed from French technique (“technicality; branch of knowledge”), noun use of technique (“technical”), from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”). Doublet of technic.

Phrases

  • Alexander technique
  • Arlberg technique
  • aseptic technique
  • Baermann technique
  • Bowen technique
  • Champy technique
  • Czochralski technique
  • door-in-the-face technique

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