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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a practical method or art applied to some particular task;

2. skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity;
- Example: "practice greatly improves proficiency"
[syn: proficiency, technique]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Technique \Tech`nique"\, n. [F.]
   1. The method or manner of performance in any art; -- also
      called technic.
      [1913 Webster]

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

   3. the detailed movements used for executing an artistic
      performance; technical skill; artistic execution; as, a
      pianist's fingering technique.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

technique
    n 1: a practical method or art applied to some particular task
    2: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from
       practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves
       proficiency" [syn: proficiency, technique]