technician

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tech=ni=cian

CIDE DICTIONARY

technician, n. 

 a person trained or skilled in the technical details of a particular art or science, especially one skilled at operating, maintaining, or repairing equipment, in contrast to the theory or informational content of a craft; -- formerly also called a technicist.
"In computer software companies, individuals skilled at the details of using programs and employed to help customers to install or use software or troubleshoot software problems for are also called technicians."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

technician, n.
1 an expert in the practical application of a science.
2 a person skilled in the technique of an art or craft.
3 a person employed to look after technical equipment and do practical work in a laboratory etc.

THESAURUS

technician

Admirable Crichton, adept, aficionado, amateur, apprentice, artificer, artisan, artist, attache, authority, buff, connaisseur, connoisseur, consultant, cordon bleu, crack shot, craftsman, craftswoman, critic, dead shot, dilettante, diplomat, diplomatist, elder statesman, experienced hand, expert, expert consultant, fan, freak, graduate, handicraftsman, handy man, journeyman, marksman, master, master carpenter, master craftsman, mechanic, no slouch, nut, politician, prentice, pro, professional, professor, proficient, pundit, savant, scholar, shark, sharp, specialist, statesman, technical adviser, technical expert, wright

ROGET THESAURUS

technician

Experiment

N experiment, essay, analysis, screen, trial, tentative method, t=atonnement, verification, probation, experimentum crucis, proof, (demonstration), criterion, diagnostic, test, probe, crucial test, acid test, litmus test, crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix, assay, ordeal, ring, litmus paper, curcuma paper, turmeric paper, test tube, analytical instruments, empiricism, rule of thumb, feeler, trial balloon, pilot balloon, messenger balloon, pilot engine, scout, straw to show the wind, speculation, random shot, leap in the dark, analyzer, analyst, assayist, adventurer, experimenter, experimentist, experimentalist, scientist, engineer, technician, subject, experimentee, guinea pig, experimental animal, protocol, experimental method, blind experiment, double-blind experiment, controlled experiment, poll, survey, opinion poll, epidemiological survey, retrospective analysis, retrospective survey, prospective survey, prospective analysis, statistical analysis, literature search, library research, tryout, audition, discovery, measurement, evidence, deduction, induction, abduction, experimental, empirical, probative, probatory, probationary, provisional, analytic, docimastic, tentative, unverified, unproven, speculative, untested, on trial, under examination, on probation, under probation, on one's trial, on approval, check it out, give it a try, see how it goes, Run it up the flagpole and see who salutes.