technical name

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The technical name for this practice is modular construction, which has at times seemed as if it is the undisputed technology of the future.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

The technical name for these drugs is an antibody-drug-conjugate.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025

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 Minto, William