technical name
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Light water is the technical name for AFFF, with Ian saying workers were not told anything about chemicals it may contain.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025
This verification process is widely known as crypto mining and has the technical name “proof of work.”
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2022
Bernoulli’s theorem attempts to explain lift as a consequence of the curved upper surface of an airfoil, the technical name for an airplane wing.
From Scientific American • Feb. 4, 2020
Despite the gritty technical name of the feature, it represents a truly fundamental change in the way Chrome works.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2018
By long-established usage, dating from Boethius, the word Contrapositive is a technical name for a terminal form, not-A, and it is still wanted for this use.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
