technique

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tech=nique

CIDE DICTIONARY

technique, n. [F.].

•  The method or manner of performance in any art; -- also called technic.  [1913 Webster]
•  The body of technical methods and procedures used in a science or craft.  [PJC]
•  the detailed movements used for executing an artistic performance; technical skill; artistic execution; as, a pianist's fingering technique.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

technique, n.
1 mechanical skill in an art.
2 a means of achieving one's purpose, esp. skilfully.
3 a manner of artistic execution in music, painting, etc.

Etymology

F (as TECHNIC)

THESAURUS

technique

MO, SOP, ability, acquaintance, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, algorithm, approach, aptitude, arrangement, art, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, atmosphere, attack, balance, bravura, brilliance, brushwork, capability, capacity, cleverness, color, command, competence, composition, control, coordination, corpus, course, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, data, datum, deftness, design, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, draftsmanship, efficiency, experience, expertise, facility, facts, factual base, faculty, familiarity, fashion, finesse, form, genius, gift, grace, grip, grouping, guise, handiness, horsemanship, information, ingeniousness, ingenuity, intelligence, intimacy, ken, knack, know-how, knowing, knowledge, line, line of action, lines, manner, manner of working, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, means, mechanics, mechanism, method, methodology, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus, modus operandi, order, painterliness, performance, perspective, practical ability, practical knowledge, practice, private knowledge, privity, procedure, proceeding, process, proficiency, prowess, quickness, ratio cognoscendi, readiness, resource, resourcefulness, routine, savoir-faire, savvy, science, seamanship, self-knowledge, shading, shadow, skill, skillfulness, standard operating procedure, style, system, tack, tact, tactfulness, talent, technic, technical brilliance, technical know-how, technical knowledge, technical mastery, technical skill, technics, technology, the drill, the how, the way of, timing, tone, touch, treatment, values, virtuosity, way, wise, wit, wizardry, workmanship