techniquen.
/tɛkˈniːk/, U.S. /tɛkˈnik/ 1. The formal or practical aspect of any art, occupation, or field; manner of execution or performance with regard to this. Also more generally: way of doing something.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > technical methods or qualities
technicality1776
technica1782
technic1797
matériel1814
technique1817
technology1829
technics1850
technicity1933
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun]
medium1861
technique1866
society > leisure > sport > [noun] > manner or skill
play1531
headwork1851
technique1971
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. iv. 83 Illogical phrases..which hold so distinguished a place in the technique of ordinary poetry.
1866 Times 20 Nov. 10/4 One of the most interesting pictures here, at least one which engenders most questions as to its technique, is Mr. Walker's ‘Wayfarers’.
1880 P. David in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 459 The playing of double stops is one of the most difficult parts of the technique of the violin.
1923 Man 23 116 The principle of lapping the quill ends over a band..is the one which distinguishes the technique of American quillwork from that of other peoples.
1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman xiii. 126 She'll want to know all about you—that's her technique.
1971 B. Lee in Black Belt Sept. 27/1 There is no series of rules or classification of technique that constitutes a distinct ‘jeet kune do’ method of fighting.
2000 R. Wistreich in J. Potter Cambr. Compan. Singing xv. 190 Demonstrating the interconnectedness of the basic elements of Baroque singing technique: purity of voice, precision of intonation and disposition itself.
2. Practical skill or ability in the formal or practical aspect of a particular field. Occasionally spec.: skill in sexual relationships.Originally with reference to the fine arts, often considered as distinct from creativity and artistic expression.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > skill in sexual relationships
technique1921
1870 Appleton's Jrnl. 18 June 694/1 Of brush-power..there is abundance here, but it is mere technique, and what one might style brush-tricks.
1884 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 66 A player may be perfect in technique, and yet have neither soul nor intelligence.
1905 A. Bennett Sacred & Profane Love i. ii. 23 A generation of pianists who had lifted technique to a plane of which neither Liszt nor Rubenstein dreamed.
1921 M. Arlen Romantic Lady 11 She was very close to me, smiling, intimate. Pure coquetry, of course—but what perfect technique!
1950 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 29 Oct. 31/1 These glib lovemakers who fancy their technique with women, are never satisfied to confine it to their wives.
1954 Folk Arts of New China 34 The blind minstrel Han Chi-hsiang, as he frankly admitted, was somewhat complacent about his technique on the san hsien (a Chinese three-stringed musical instrument).
2000 N. Henderson Old Friends & Mod. Instances (2001) xvii. 181 Howard's technique with the girls, which was apparently confident and direct.
2007 Men's Fitness July 42/1 Backley has developed a system of training called PAC, which stands for pace, agility and coordination, and he thinks it can help improve technique whatever your sport.
3. As a count noun: a particular way of carrying out an experiment, procedure, or task, esp. in a scientific discipline or a craft; a technical or scientific method. Also more generally: a skilful or efficient means of achieving a purpose; a strategy, a knack.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] > system or way of proceeding > a particular
processa1325
procedure1590
manual1598
manoeuvre1770
technica1782
proceeding1801
technique1883
technic1905
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > style or manner of
makea1325
workinga1382
Paris work1423
facturec1425
opificec1616
technica1782
technique1883
technic1905
1883 L. Putzel tr. W. H. Erb Handbk. Electro-therapeutics xiv. 121 The necessary consequence of the principle just enunciated is the furtherance of the most accurate technique in the localization of the current.
1896 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 11 38 This ‘polychrome’ form of vase decoration..never..formed an intermediate stage between the black-figured and red-figured techniques.
1902 F. Delafield & T. M. Prudden Handbk. Pathol. Anat. & Histol. (ed. 6) iii. xiv. 731 With the use of the ordinary technique of Nissl, all of the cell body, excepting the chromophilic bodies, remains unstained and apparently structureless.
1903 A. M. Clerke Probl. Astrophysics 5 Astrophotography is an art, and has a technique of its own.
1941 Punch 31 Dec. 583/1 There is quite a technique to washing a blanket.
1944 E. S. Gardner Case of Black-eyed Blonde ii. 22 That technique of planting the diamond pendant is something you used about three years ago on that maid your mother had.
1972 M. Kline Math. Thought xiii. 282 The more complicated algebraic techniques.
2007 Wine & Spirit May 71/2 Strict selection and modern techniques give it a beguilingly soft mouthfeel, but underneath is a boatload of fruit and firm tannin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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