Usually means: Technology, especially in practical applications.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word TEC:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. tec: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tec: Merriam-Webster
  3. TEC, tec: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. 'tec, tec: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tec: Vocabulary.com
  6. Tec, tec: Wordnik
  7. TEC, 'Tec, 'tec: Wiktionary
  8. tec: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. tec, tec: Dictionary.com
  10. TEC (gene), TEC (transport), TEC, Tec: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. tec: Rhymezone
  12. TEC: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  13. tec: FreeDictionary.org
  14. tec: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. tec: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. TEC: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. TEC: Acronym Finder
  2. TEC: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. TEC: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Tec)

▸ noun:  (electronics) Initialism of thermoelectric cooler: an electrical heat-transferring device which applies the Peltier effect.
▸ noun:  (firearms) Short for TEC-9.
▸ noun:  Initialism of The Episcopal Church.
▸ noun:  (slang) Alternative form of 'tec (“detective”) [(slang) A detective.]

Similar:
detective, investigator, police detective, elec, RAC, IMS, Tex, Sers, Matic, tronic, more...

Opposite:
cat, non-tec, analog

Phrases:
hi tec, m tec, ai tec, d tec, tec 9, more...

Adjectives:
poc, local, bal, home, cew, pro, cand, ten, case, vertical, obvious

Colors:
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Similar:
detective, investigator, police detective, elec, RAC, IMS, Tex, Sers, Matic, tronic, more...

Opposite:
cat, non-tec, analog

Phrases:
hi tec, m tec, ai tec, d tec, tec 9, SV TEC, high tec, more...

Adjectives:
poc, local, bal, home, cew, pro, cand, ten, case, vertical, obvious

Colors:
    teal,     turquoise,     cyan,     silver,     gray, more...



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