| tec | (noun) a police officer who investigates crimes | Synonyms: detective, investigator, police detective |
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| tech | (noun) a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences | Synonyms: technical school |
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| techie | (noun) a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing) | Synonyms: tekki |
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| technetium | (noun) a crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium | Synonyms: atomic number 43, Tc |
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| technical | (adjective) characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill | Synonyms: proficient |
| (adjective) of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles | Synonyms: technological |
| (adjective) according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules | - |
| (adjective) relating to or concerned with machinery or tools | Synonyms: mechanical, mechanically skillful |
| (adjective) of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood | Synonyms: expert |
| (adjective) resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations | - |
| (noun) (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play | Synonyms: technical foul |
| (noun) a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it | - |
| technicality | (noun) a specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular field | - |
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| (noun) the state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods | - |
| technically | (adverb) with regard to technical skill and the technology available | - |
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| (adverb) with regard to technique | - |
| (adverb) according to the exact meaning; according to the facts | - |
| technician | (noun) someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process | - |
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| (noun) someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique | - |
| technicolor | (noun) a trademarked method of making color motion pictures | - |
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| technique | (noun) a practical method or art applied to some particular task | - |
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| (noun) skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity | Synonyms: proficiency |
| techno | (noun) a style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocals | - |
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| technobabble | (noun) technical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects | - |
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| technocracy | (noun) a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control | - |
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| technocrat | (noun) an advocate of technocracy | - |
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| (noun) an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group | - |
| technological | (adjective) of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles | Synonyms: technical |
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| (adjective) based in scientific and industrial progress | - |
| technologically | (adverb) by means of technology | - |
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| technologist | (noun) a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems | Synonyms: applied scientist, engineer |
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| technology | (noun) the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment | - |
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| (noun) machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences | - |
| (noun) the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Synonyms: applied science, engineering, engineering science |
| technophile | (noun) a person who is enthusiastic about new technology | - |
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| technophilia | (noun) enthusiasm for new technology | - |
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| technophilic | (adjective) of or relating to or showing technophilia | - |
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| technophobe | (noun) a person who dislikes or avoids new technology | - |
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| technophobia | (noun) dislike for new technology | - |
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| technophobic | (adjective) of or relating to or showing technophobia | - |
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| techy | (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy |
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| tectonic | (adjective) pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to construction or architecture | Synonyms: architectonic |
| tectonics | (noun) the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust | Synonyms: plate tectonic theory, plate tectonics |
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| (noun) the science of architecture | Synonyms: architectonics |