Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The basic method for making or doing something, such as an artistic work or scientific procedure.
- noun Skill or command in a particular activity: synonym: skill.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
technic : used especially in criticism of music and art.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The method or manner of performance in any art; -- also called
technic . - noun The body of technical methods and procedures used in a science or craft.
- noun the detailed movements used for executing an artistic performance; technical skill; artistic execution.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a practical method or art applied to some particular task
- noun skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The photos above show printed-out pages, but this technique is also useful for attaching blank pages for handwritten notes.
Archive 2009-05-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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The second part of the technique is a strike to the brachial plexus origin.
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The photos above show printed-out pages, but this technique is also useful for attaching blank pages for handwritten notes.
How to attach extra pages or end papers to a book Jonathan Aquino 2009
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This technique is about solving back pain caused by poor posture.
The Alexander Technique Provides Short-Term Relief From Back Pain | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The disadvantage of this technique is the number of variables.
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Further reading should then make clear that the basis of this technique is as described above.
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Further reading should then make clear that the basis of this technique is as described above.
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Further reading should then make clear that the basis of this technique is as described above.
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So why this distrust of virtuosity, this assumption that somehow, if your technique is astonishingly good, your emotional connection with the music must necessarily suffer?
Come Fly With Me Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Further reading should then make clear that the basis of this technique is as described above.
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