A technician is someone whose job involves skilled practical work with scientific equipment, for example in a laboratory.
...a laboratory technician.
2. countable noun
A technician is someone who is very good at the detailed technical aspects of an activity.
...a versatile, veteran player, a superb technician.
technician in British English
(tɛkˈnɪʃən)
noun
1.
a person skilled in mechanical or industrial techniques or in a particular technical field
2.
a person employed in a laboratory, technical college, or scientific establishment to do practical work
3.
a person having specific artistic or mechanical skill, esp if lacking original flair or genius
technician in American English
(tɛkˈnɪʃən)
noun
1.
a person skilled in the technicalities of some subject
2.
an artist, writer, musician, etc. who has great technical skill or knowledge
3.
a person providing technological or technical assistance or support
Examples of 'technician' in a sentence
technician
Our unspoken scorn for skilled technicians is very odd.
The Sun (2017)
He became a lab technician for Technicolor and worked his way up.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They turn out to be technicians working in the studios.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Most of the victims were technicians working on the stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She is also a superb and proud technician.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
When she lost her job as a hospital lab technician she struggled to meet the repayments.
The Sun (2012)
He was also a superb technician.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The rest of the time he does the work of a technician, servicing and repairing cars.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The plant appears to have been infected via the laptops of Russian technicians working at the site.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This kind of drama has become artificially sterile, wasteful of good technicians and fine actors.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The effect was not elegant: think lab technician in customised goggles.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
At this stage, our lab technicians would chuckle.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I work with amazing nail technicians but an easy way to get the look is with nail wraps.
The Sun (2012)
It was the grandmother who is said to have established the dental practice, with her husband as the dental technician.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As she watched the hospital technician perform his work, she began to realize that the ultrasound enabled this fellow to see inside her.
Christianity Today (2000)
I'm retraining as a nail technician!
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I still imagine that little army of technicians working away inside me, trying to fix the wiring.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He's a very good technician, strong in the air and scores goals.
The Sun (2013)
In the technicians' lab, wide computer screens are lined up along two walls.
The Sun (2015)
In real life, following one man 24 hours a day takes dozens of skilled watchers and technicians.
The Sun (2007)
She noted that men got their own labs and technicians to wash their glassware: women didn't.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We would not mention this problem, but a good technician would notice it and swiftly sort it out, thereby earning a bonus point.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I've only recently qualified as a gel nail technician and couldn't wait to launch my own range of products.
The Sun (2013)
HOSPITAL chiefs tell technicians not to perform blood tests on patients if doctors fail to write'please' on request forms.
The Sun (2010)
In other languages
technician
British English: technician /tɛkˈnɪʃən/ NOUN
A technician is someone whose job involves skilled practical work with scientific equipment, for example in a laboratory.
...a laboratory technician.
American English: technician
Arabic: فَنِّيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: técnico
Chinese: 技术员
Croatian: tehničar
Czech: technik
Danish: tekniker
Dutch: technicus
European Spanish: técnico
Finnish: teknikko
French: technicien
German: Techniker
Greek: τεχνικός
Italian: tecnico
Japanese: 専門技術者
Korean: 기술자
Norwegian: tekniker
Polish: technik
European Portuguese: técnico
Romanian: tehnician
Russian: техник
Latin American Spanish: técnico especialista
Swedish: tekniker
Thai: ผู้ที่มีความชำนาญเฉพาะด้าน
Turkish: teknisyen
Ukrainian: технік
Vietnamese: kỹ thuật viên
All related terms of 'technician'
lab technician
→ another name for laboratory technician
nail technician
a person whose job is to take care of and decorate people's fingernails
chief technician
a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior to a flight sergeant
dental technician
a person who constructs and repairs artificial teeth
junior technician
a rank in the RAF senior to aircraftman : comparable to that of private in the army
medical technician
a person, not a qualified doctor , who does practical work in a hospital
laboratory technician
a technician who assists with or carries out work in a building or room equipped for conducting scientific research or for teaching practical science, such as by carrying out routine tests and analysing the results
emergency medical technician
a member of the emergency services who is trained to provide basic emergency medical care before a patient is taken to a hospital