Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Technique \Tech`nique"\, n. [F.]
   Same as {Technic}, n.

Source : WordNet®

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}]