technique

[tek-neek] /tɛkˈnik/
noun
1.
the manner and ability with which an artist, writer, dancer, athlete, or the like employs the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor.
2.
the body of specialized procedures and methods used in any specific field, especially in an area of applied science.
3.
method of performance; way of accomplishing.
4.
technical skill; ability to apply procedures or methods so as to effect a desired result.
5.
Informal. method of projecting personal charm, appeal, etc.:
He has the greatest technique with customers.
Origin
1810-20; < French: technical (adj.), technic (noun) < Greek technikós, techniká; see technic
Examples from the web for technique
  • It prepares numerical tables using a mathematical technique known as the method of difference.
  • It's an old technique, designed to produce juicy meat and rich brown skin.
  • Give pillars your own style with this simple decorating technique.
  • Steaming is one technique that helps preserve that flavor.
  • The technique is the same as the one you describe for using rubber cement: spread it on, let it dry, peel it off.
  • Moreover, similarities of technique are found in all.
  • Although the formula was simple, the technique attained was in its way masterly.
  • Furthermore, there are jokes whose technique may be traced to such a condensation.
  • Narcistic neuroses can scarcely be approached by the same technique which served us in the transference neuroses.
  • We can apply to this dream the technique which can be designated as the regular procedure of dream-interpretation.
British Dictionary definitions for technique

technique

/tɛkˈniːk/
noun
1.
a practical method, skill, or art applied to a particular task
2.
proficiency in a practical or mechanical skill
3.
special facility; knack: he had the technique of turning everything to his advantage
Word Origin
C19: from French, from technique (adj) technic
Word Origin and History for technique
n.

1817, from French technique "formal practical details in artistic expression," noun use of adj. technique "of art, technical," from Greek tekhnikos (see techno-).

technique in Medicine

technique tech·nique (těk-nēk') or tech·nic (těk'nĭk)
n.
The skill and procedure with which a surgical operation or experiment, for example, is carried out.