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TEC¹

noun TECs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of thermoelectric cooler: an electrical heat-transferring device which applies the Peltier effect.
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of TEC-9 I strap out, step out in every direction / Glock, TECs, jimmy hats, in case I need protection

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of The Episcopal Church

tec²

noun tecs

  1. alternative, slang Alternative form of 'tec (“detective”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: detective, investigator, police detective, cdw, cpt, bal, teu, vdc, nma, ect, tech, poc, etc, ecc, wip, cef

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@misc{tec_2026,
  title = {tec},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tec},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}