technique
The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
Other meanings
Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.
Related words
- Alexander technique
- aseptic technique
- Baermann technique
- Bowen technique
- Czochralski technique
- door-in-the-face technique
- double-pole technique
- Evans technique
- foot-in-the-door technique
- Gonstead technique
- Graham technique
- Graston technique
Example sentences
Word history
From French "technique" (technicality; branch of knowledge).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “technique” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.