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technician|tɛkˈnɪʃən|
[f. technic + -ian.]
a. A person conversant with the technicalities of a particular subject.
b. One skilled in the technique or mechanical part of an art, as music or painting.
1833S. Austin Charac. Goethe I. 216 Grammarians and technicians are bound..to acknowledge these his efforts. 1895H. A. Kennedy in 19th Cent. Aug. 331 The mere technician can never interest; the literary man, even if inexpert in stage technique, may do so in a high degree. 1905Times 20 May 8/3 The modern violinist is not necessarily a mere technician. 1909Athenæum 7 Aug. 158/3 The book..not being sufficiently detailed for the technician.
c. spec. A person qualified in the practical application of one of the sciences or mechanical arts; now esp., a person whose job is to carry out practical work in a laboratory or to give assistance with technical equipment.
1939W. A. Richardson Technical College xxv. 476 There are certain high-grade technicians, e.g. chemists, physicists, mathematical engineers, who will be engaged in the more elaborate design problems, in industrial research and investigation. 1952, etc. [see technologist]. 1954Rep. Patent Cases LXX. 150 The Defendants have a most elaborate system for bringing to the attention of their technicians all technical developments relevant to their work. 1968Ibid. LXXXV. 104 Extracts from laboratory notebooks or other specific records pertaining to the particular strains employed by the laboratory technicians. 1972Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 12 Note that word ‘technician’. From today there are no more ‘mechanics’ at Ford Sure dealers. ‘We have changed the name because we think it is time that we built up the image of the man in the workshop.’ 1983N.Y. Times 11 Aug. a.10/6 French technicians scurry around at the military air base assembling machine guns and helicopters. |