"TEC" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} TEC
  1. Initialism of The Episcopal Church. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: The Episcopal Church Categories (topical): Anglicanism, Organizations
    Sense id: en-TEC-en-name-Ski3NxOR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 16 21

Noun

Forms: TECs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} TEC (plural TECs)
  1. (electronics) Initialism of thermoelectric cooler: an electrical heat-transferring device which applies the Peltier effect. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: thermoelectric cooler (extra: an electrical heat-transferring device which applies the Peltier effect) Categories (topical): Electronics
  2. (firearms) Short for TEC-9. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: TEC-9 Categories (topical): Firearms

Inflected forms

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