Technician n. A person trained or skilled in the technical details of a particular art or science, especially one skilled at operating, maintaining, or repairing equipment, in contrast to the theory or informational content of a craft; formerly also called a technicist. Note: In computer software companies, individuals skilled at the details of using programs and employed to help customers to install or use software or troubleshoot software problems for are also called technicians.
... Just so the technician in fishing gear, bark-cloth making, or in canoe or house building, the two crafts specially practiced by chiefs, acquires a very minute nomenclature useful to the reciter in word debate or riddling. The classic example in Hawaiian song is the famous canoe-chant, ... — The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai • Anonymous Read full book for free!
... the technician out to the car and helped him load his equipment aboard. When the larger cars appeared out of the darkness, Telt swung around after them. They snaked forward in a single line through the rocks, until they came to the desert of rolling sand ... — Planet of the Damned • Harry Harrison Read full book for free!
... Rubinstein, or who displays his many shortcomings at every concert can invariably draw larger audiences and arouse more applause than his confrere with weaker vital forces, although he be admittedly a better technician, a more highly educated gentleman and perhaps a ... — Great Pianists on Piano Playing • James Francis Cooke Read full book for free!