technic

Technical.

Adjective

  1. Technical.

Origin

Partly from Latin technicus and partly from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós); probably modelled on German Technik. Doublet of technique.

Forms

more technic most technic technick

Derived

aerotechnic atechnic biotechnic electrotechnic mnemotechnic monotechnic neotechnic paleotechnic psychotechnic pyrotechnic pyrotechnics pyrotechnist technician technicist

Noun

  1. Technique.
    • "Mother Gooseries from the Convention", by Emilie C. Holladay, is a long stanzaic and Pindaric ode, whose taste and technic are alike impeccable. - 1916, H P Lovecraft, H.P. Lovecraft's Writings in the United Amateur...
  2. Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the practice of an art or science.
  3. The doctrine of arts in general; those branches of learning that relate to the arts.

Forms

technics technick