| 1. | technique. |
| 2. | a technicality. |
| 3. | technics, (used with a singular or plural verb ) the study or science of an art or of arts in general, esp. the mechanical or industrial arts. |
| 4. | technical. |

tech·nic (těk'nĭk) n.
[From Greek tekhnikos, of art, from tekhnē, art; see technical.] |
tech·nique (těk-nēk') n.
[French, technical, technique, from Greek tekhnikos, technical; see technical.] |