I. ˈteknik, -nēk adjective
Etymology: Greek technikos
: technical
II. “, in sense 2 also (ˈ)tekˈnēk noun
( -s )
1. : a technical term or detail : technicality
2.
[translation of French technique ]
a. : technique 1
glaring defects both in sonority and recording technic — Scribner's
— often used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.
literary technics … depends on reproducing experiments from life — Contemporary Review
b. : technique 2a
various technics have been developed for increasing the consumption of oxygen — Morris Fishbein
3. technics plural but singular or plural in construction : technology 2a, 2b(1)
modern technics is giving man a sense of power — Bertrand Russell