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technique Definition

tech·nique (tek nēk′)

noun

  1. the method of procedure (with reference to practical or formal details), or way of using basic skills, in rendering an artistic work or carrying out a scientific or mechanical operation
  2. the degree of expertness in following this a pianist with good technique but poor expression
  3. any method or manner of accomplishing something

Etymology: Fr < Gr technikos: see technic

technique Synonyms

technique

n.

procedure, system, routine, manner, way; see also method 2.

technique Usage Examples

Preposition: in

  • audition: Actors & Performers can utilize NLP techniques in auditions and casting calls to get jobs.

Converse of object

  • apply: Trade Show Work - Learn how to apply the techniques taught on these DVD's into your next corporate event or trade show.
  • employ: We employ different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access by users inside the company.
  • use: The result was a full size replica chariot produced using ancient techniques.
  • learn: Learning techniques to balance some of these biased thoughts.
  • develop: Among the techniques developed is the method for determining the values of parameters.
  • describe: Syllabus: To describe the main techniques for automated reasoning in classical logic.

Preposition: for

  • characterisation: The group is a leading international center for the application of ion beam techniques for semiconductor detector characterisation.

Adjective modifier

  • analytical: Give presentations to training courses, officers and visitors to the Force in respect of analytical techniques.
  • advanced: Whether you're learning the basic skills, or discovering advanced techniques & tactics, Soccer Academy will help make you a better player.
  • statistical: In India, the seasonal forecast of monsoon rainfall has traditionally been issued using a number of statistical techniques ( see Kumar et al.
  • surgical: Stage 3 - Planning and implant placement The implant is placed into the jaw using a minor surgical technique.
  • molecular: Jeff then followed with a review of the way in which molecular biological techniques are rapidly becoming tools of patient management.
  • basic: Variations on the basic exclusion screening technique are now also quite common.

Noun used with modifier

  • relaxation: For relaxing tense muscles or an over-active mind use specific relaxation techniques like progressive muscle relaxation or guided visualization.
  • imaging: Let me show you what the organism is really like under our imaging technique.
  • interview: Sandra will be providing her expert opinion on how to create a winning CV as well as offer tried and tested interview techniques.
  • measurement: There are constant advances in technology and measurement techniques are continually being improved.
  • manufacturing: By introducing modern cellular manufacturing techniques, it has also increased output from 12 to 70 units a month.
  • visualization: Our first objective is to evaluate existing information visualization techniques used by JISC.
technique Quotes

I never had technique.

—Oerter, Al(fred)

The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.

—Casals, Pablo

The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon us the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb.We do not choose our problems, we do not choose our products; we are pushed, we are forcedöby what? Bya system which has no purpose and goal transcending it, and which makes man its appendix.

—Fromm, Erich

Le style, pour l'e¤  crivain aussi bien que pour le peintre, est une question non de technique mais de vision. For the writer as well as for the painter, style is not a question of technique, but of vision.

—Proust, Marcel

Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily contain within itself forces which must bring either decay or explosion?

—Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl