Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

technical term

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: tech-ni-cal term
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word that has a specific meaning within a specific field of expertise.

Example Sentences

"Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder,[…]"

Inflected Forms

technical terms (plural)

Synonyms

term of art

Questions

What does technical term mean?: A word that has a specific meaning within a specific field of expertise.

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