[tech.nique] n [F, fr. technique technical, fr. Gk technikos] (1817) 1: the manner in which technical details are treated (as by a writer) or basic physical movements are used (as by a dancer); also: ability to treat such details or use such movements "good piano ~"
2. a: a body of technical methods (as in a craft or in scientific research) b: a method of accomplishing a desired aim