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
It’s not just the technical name that’s under dispute.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2024
Experts agree that a vaccinated population is the best defense against poliomyelitis, the technical name for the disease caused by the poliovirus—which can sometimes lead to permanent paralysis.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2022
This verification process is widely known as crypto mining and has the technical name “proof of work.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
Bacon's phrase, Instantia Crucis,2 or Finger-post Instance, might be conveniently appropriated as a technical name for a circumstance that is decisive between rival hypotheses.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
