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Definition: Tec |
TecNoun1. 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) |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TEC | Dutch | Totale elektronische inhoud | Physics |
TEC | English | Texas Environmental Commission | N/A |
TEC | French | Tonne équivalent charbon | N/A |
TEC | Italian | Trasformazione di stanziamenti in posti | Abbreviation |
TEC | Spanish | Carta de emergencia de transporte | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TecSynonyms: detective (n), investigator (n), police detective (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Still bumpin ya dex, still dumpin the tec, still ("Can't Deny It"; performing artist: Fabolous) | |
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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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 53.23% | 107 | 31,463 |
| Noun (singular) | 46.27% | 93 | 34,067 |
| Noun (common) | 0.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 201 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Japan | Asahi Tec Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| 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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| 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 | 기 (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. | ||
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) | |
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"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). | |
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 63 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)547169 |
| 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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