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Tec

Definition: Tec

Tec

Noun

1. A police officer who investigates crimes.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tec" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1913. (references)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Tec

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

TEC

DutchTotale elektronische inhoudPhysics

TEC

EnglishTexas Environmental CommissionN/A

TEC

FrenchTonne équivalent charbonN/A

TEC

ItalianTrasformazione di stanziamenti in postiAbbreviation

TEC

SpanishCarta de emergencia de transporteN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Tec

Synonyms: detective (n), investigator (n), police detective (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Tec

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Still bumpin ya dex, still dumpin the tec, still ("Can't Deny It"; performing artist: Fabolous)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Tec

DomainTitle

References

  • Asahi Tec Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Dentsu Tec Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Toshiba TEC corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Toyo Tec Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • ASAHI TEC CORP.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  • DENTSU TEC INC.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  • Flow Visualization IV: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Flow Visualization, August 26-29, 1986, Ecole Nationale Superieure De tec (reference)

  • Helping Parents to Work: A Study for Kent Tec (reference)

  • Symbols, Pictures, and Quantum Reality: On the Theoretical Foundations of the Physical Universe (Series on the Foundations of Natural Science and tec (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Santa Bar Co Air Pollution Control Updates St Air Toxic Ctrl Measures Fedral Max Archiveable Tec Stand (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Tec

SubjectTopicQuote

Trade

Brazil

While after the adoption of the TEC, Brazilian import tariff rates were reduced, they are still high in comparison to U.S. import tariff rates. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Tec

"Tec" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 53.23% of the time. "Tec" is used about 201 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)53.23%10731,463
Noun (singular)46.27%9334,067
Noun (common)0.5%1339,140
                    Total100.00%201N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Tec

CountryName
Japan

Asahi Tec Corporation

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Tec

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "tec": tec-bond, tec-funded, tec-huc, Tec-ni-pli.

Ending with "tec": high-tec, Hi-tec.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tec

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tec

530

kel tec

318

tec 9

150

tec de monterrey

145

sorteo tec

107

tec grill

103

hi tec

102

ten tec

81

princeton tec

67

pebble tec

67
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Tec

Language Translations for "tec"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

детективски роман, детектив (beagle, detective, eye, gumshoe, investigator, operative, shadow, tracker, trap). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

技术 (knowhow, tech, Technic, technical, technique, technology). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(Craft, Describing, Descriptive, tech, Technic, technical, technique, technology). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ectay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

detectiv (detective, Dick, ferret, G-man). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Tec

Derivations

Words beginning with "tec": teched, techie, techier, techies, techiest, techily, technetium, technetiums, technetronic, technic, technical, technicalities, technicality, technicalization, technicalizations, technicalize, technicalized, technicalizes, technicalizing, technically, technicals, technician, technicians, technics, technique, techniques, technobabble, technobabbles, technocracies, technocracy, technocrat, technocratic, technocrats, technologic, technological, technologically, technologies, technologist, technologists, technologize, technologized, technologizes, technologizing, technology, technophile, technophiles, technophobe, technophobes, technophobia, technophobias, technophobic, technostructure, technostructures, techy, tecta, tectal, tectite, tectites, tectonic, tectonically, tectonics, tectonism, tectonisms, tectrices, tectrix, tectum, tectums. (additional references)

Words containing "tec": antecede, anteceded, antecedence, antecedences, antecedent, antecedently, antecedents, antecedes, anteceding, antecessor, antecessors, antechamber, antechambers, antechapel, antechapels, antechoir, antechoirs, antitechnological, antitechnologies, antitechnology, architect, architectonic, architectonically, architectonics, architects, architectural, architecturally, architecture, architectures, atechnic, autecism, autecisms, autecological, autecologies, autecology, biotech, biotechnical, biotechnological, biotechnologies, biotechnologist, biotechnologists, biotechnology, biotechs, catecheses, catechesis, catechetical, catechin, catechins, catechism, catechismal, catechisms, catechist, catechistic, catechists, catechization, catechizations, catechize, catechized, catechizer, catechizers, catechizes, catechizing, catechol, catecholamine, catecholaminergic, catecholamines, catechols, catechu, catechumen, catechumens, catechus, cholecystectomies, cholecystectomized, cholecystectomy, cryoprotectant, cryoprotectants, cryoprotective, cytotechnologies, cytotechnologist, cytotechnologists, cytotechnology, detect, detectabilities, detectability, detectable, detected, detecter, detecters, detecting, detection, detections, detective, detectivelike, detectives, detector, detectors, detects, eutectic, eutectics, eutectoid, eutectoids, geotechnical, geotectonic, geotectonically, hepatectomies, hepatectomized, hepatectomy, hypereutectic, hypereutectoid, hypoeutectoid, latecomer, latecomers, lutecium, luteciums, mastectomies, mastectomy, microtechnic, microtechnics, microtechnique, microtechniques, nanotechnologies, nanotechnology, nonarchitect, nonarchitects, nonarchitecture, nonarchitectures, nontechnical, notecase, notecases, obtect, obtected, outecho, outechoed, outechoes, outechoing, overprotect, overprotected, overprotecting, overprotection, overprotections, overprotective, overprotectiveness, overprotectivenesses, overprotects, pancreatectomies, pancreatectomized, pancreatectomy, pantechnicon, pantechnicons, petechia, petechiae, petechial, photodetector, photodetectors, polytechnic, polytechnics, postmastectomy, pretechnological, prostatectomies, prostatectomy, protect, protectant, protectants, protected, protecting, protection, protectionism, protectionisms, protectionist, protectionists, protections, protective, protectively, protectiveness, protectivenesses, protector, protectoral, protectorate, protectorates, protectories, protectors, protectorship, protectorships, protectory, protectress, protectresses, protects, pyrocatechol, pyrocatechols, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical, pyrotechnically, pyrotechnics, pyrotechnist, pyrotechnists, radioprotection, radioprotections, radioprotective, retinotectal, statecraft, statecrafts, undetectable, undetected, unprotected, untechnical, whitecap, whitecaps, zootechnical, zootechnics. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Tec" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Qtac, Tacq, tce, Teco, Tepco. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Tec

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-t"

-1 letter: et.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-t"
 

+1 letter: cate, celt, cent, cete, cite, cote, cute, etch, etic, sect, tace.

 

+2 letters: aceta, acted, acute, cadet, caret, carte, caste, cater, cates, celts, cento, cents, centu, cesta, cesti, cetes, cheat, chert, chest, cheth, chute, cited, citer, cites, civet, cleat, cleft, clept, comet, comte, conte, coset, coted, cotes, covet, crate, crept, crest, cruet, culet, curet, cuter, cutes, cutey, cutie, eclat, edict, educt, eject, elect, enact, epact, erect, eruct, escot, ethic, evict, exact, facet, fetch, ketch, letch, octet, react, recta, recti, recto, recut, retch, scent, scute, sects, taces, tacet, tache, teach, techy, tecta, telic, tench, terce, teuch, theca, trace, trice, truce, twice, vetch, wecht.

 

+3 letters: abject, accent, accept, acetal, acetic, acetin, acetum, acetyl, active, acuate, acuter, acutes, advect, affect, ascent, aspect, atelic, avocet, becket, bisect, bucket, cablet, cachet, cadent, cadets, callet, camlet, canted, canter, cantle, caplet, capote, carate, carets, carnet, carpet, carted, cartel, carter, cartes, casket, caster, castes, castle, catena, caters, catted, cattie, cattle, caveat, cement, cenote, centai, cental, centas, center, centos, centra, centre, centum, cerate, cerite, cermet, certes, cestas, cestoi, cestos, cestus, cetane, chaeta, chalet, chaste, cheats, cherts, cherty, chests, chesty, chetah, cheths, chuted, chutes, citers, cither, citied, cities, citole, civets, claret, cleats, clefts, client, closet, clothe, coated, coatee, coater, coedit, coempt, cogent, collet, colter, comate, cometh, comets, comtes, contes, cooter, cootie, copter, coquet, cornet, corset, cortex, corvet, cosets, cosset, costae, costed, coster, coteau, cottae, cotter, cotype, couter, covert, covets, coyest, coyote, crated, crater, crates, create, credit, crests, cretic, cretin, cruets, cruset, cuesta, culets, cullet, curate, curets, curite, curter, curvet, cutely, cutest, cutesy, cuteys, cuties, cutler, cutlet, cutter, cuttle, cygnet, decant, deceit, decent, decoct, deduct, defect, deject, delict, deltic, depict, detach, detect, detick, direct, docent, docket, ducted, dulcet, ecarte, eclats, ectype, edicts, educts, effect, ejecta, ejects, elects, elicit, emetic, enacts, enatic, encyst, entice, epacts, erects, erotic, eructs, escort, escots, etched, etcher, etches, ethics, ethnic, evicts, exacta, exacts, except, excite, exotic, expect, exsect, facete, facets, faucet, fetich, fletch, gestic, hectic, hector, hepcat, iciest, incept, incest, incite, infect, inject, insect, itched, itches, jacket, kvetch, lancet, lectin, lector, lentic, locate, locket, lucent, luetic, metric, nectar, nicest, nicety, nocent, noetic, notice, object, obtect, ocelot, octane, octave, octets, oocyte, packet, pecten, pectic, pectin, peptic, picket, placet, pocket, poetic, preact, precut, rachet, racket, reacts, recant, recast, recent, recept, recite, rectal, rector, rectos, rectum, rectus, recuts, redact, refect, reject, relict, reluct, resect, retack, rochet, rocket, rotche, sachet, scathe, scents, scoter, scutes, scythe, secant, secret, sector, select, septic, sketch, socket, stacte, stance, stelic, stench, steric, taches, tacked, tacker, tacket, tackey, tackle, talced, tanrec, teacup, teched, techie, tectal, tectum, tenace, tenrec, terbic, tercel, terces, tercet, tetchy, thecae, thecal, thence, thetic, thrice, ticked, ticker, ticket, tickle, tierce, tocher, toecap, touche, traced, tracer, traces, trance, trench, triced, trices, troche, truced, truces, tucked, tucker, tucket, tusche, uncute, uretic, vacate, vector, wechts, wicket, wretch, yclept.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tec


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 65 63

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .    -.-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100101 01100011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#99

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 0063

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

547169

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Company Usage
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Abbreviations
12. Acronyms
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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