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The Collaborative International Dictionary
technic

Technique \Tech`nique"\, n. [F.]

  1. The method or manner of performance in any art; -- also called technic.

  2. The body of technical methods and procedures used in a science or craft.

  3. the detailed movements used for executing an artistic performance; technical skill; artistic execution; as, a pianist's fingering technique.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
technic

1610s, "technical," from Latin technicus, from Greek tekhnikos "of or pertaining to art, made by art," from tekhne "art, skill, craft" (see techno-). As a noun, "performance method of an art," 1855, a nativization of technique.

Wiktionary
technic

a. technical n. 1 The method of performance in any art. 2 (context in the plural English) Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the practice of an art or science. 3 (context in the plural English) The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts.

Usage examples of "technic".

Not only that, a Warrior from the Home had slain the Technic leader and thrown Technic City into turmoil.

Those sons of bitches are always in the market for food to feed the people they have crammed in Technic City.

A Warrior reportedly killed the Technic Minister and his First Secretary.

Blade would do everything in his power to locate and save them, of more critical consequence to the Family were the Technic activities in Green Bay.

He squeezed off a shot and the Technic drivers, predictably, reduced speed.

Pivoting, he beheld five jeeps racing toward him, each containing four Technic troopers.

Warrior spun, his eyes becoming flinty at the sight of the ring of Technic troopers surrounding him.

He studied the officer, gauging the Technic as a man who was supremely self-confident and accustomed to a position of authority.

I was stationed at the Central Core in Technic City when Hickok, Geronimo, and you were captured.

Farrow and another Technic, a Captain Wargo, came to our Home and made an offer to the Family Elders.

Their leader, the Technic Minister, had allegedly sent them as his emissaries to request our aid in a joint venture that would ultimately benefit all humankind.

Unknown to me, the Technic commandos all had sensitive sound amplifiers in their helmets.

The Technic on the right succumbed first, twitching and sputtering and then going limp.

Technic stood next to an oak tree, yawning, plainly bored by the detail, wishing he was in Technic City instead of a godforsaken forest in the middle of nowhere.

Unslinging the Bushmaster Auto Rifle, he sighted on the Technic on the left and fired.