Skill

n. ability, aptitude; proficiency, expertise; craft or trade that requires special training

v. train a worker to execute a specific task; be important, matter, be significant; help, be useful, avail

A skill is the learnt capacity or talent to carry out pre-determined results often with the minimum outlay of time energy or both Examples include:Academic skillsReadingLogicCritical ReasoningInterpersonal communicationSpeech: listening, talking Nonverbal communicationLiteracy: writing, readingMotor skillsWalking, arts and crafts, craft, sportSkilled laborInnovation Skills
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Noun
1. an ability that has been acquired by training
(synonym) accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
(hypernym) ability, power
(hyponym) craft, craftsmanship, workmanship
2. ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism"
(synonym) science
(hypernym) ability, power
(hyponym) nose

(v. t.)
To know; to understand.
  

(v. i.)
To make a difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally.
  

(v. i.)
To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
  

(n.)
The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.
  

(n.)
Knowledge; understanding.
  

(n.)
Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
  

(n.)
Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
  

(n.)
Any particular art.
  

A somewhat peculiar blend between Franz-Lisp and C, with a large set of various CAD primitives. It is owned by Cadence Design Systems and has been used in their CAD frameworks since 1985. It's an extension language to the CAD framework (in the same way that Emacs-Lisp extends GNU Emacs), enabling you to automate virtually everything that you can do manually in for example the graphic editor. Skill accepts C-syntax, fun(a b), as well as Lisp syntax, (fun a b), but most users (including Cadence themselves) use the C-style.
[Jonas Jarnestrom etxjojm@eua.ericsson.se].
(1995-02-14)