/tek"nik/ or, for 1, /tek neek"/ , n.
1. technique.
2. a technicality.
3. technics , ( used with a sing. or pl. v. ) the study or science of an art or of arts in general, esp. the mechanical or industrial arts.
adj.
4. technical.
[ 1605-15; (n.) earlier technica techniká, neut. pl. of TECHNIKÓS of art and craft, equiv. to téchn ( e ) art, craft + -ikos -IC; (adj.) technikós ]