mil-spec

English

Alternative forms

  • milspec, mil spec

Etymology

Clipped compound: clipping of military specification. Originally capitalized (MIL-SPEC) in the extensive lexicon of initialisms, acronyms, and clippings of the U.S. (and other) militaries and defense industries, which began in the nineteenth century but greatly proliferated in the mid-twentieth century and has remained large and growing since then. More at Wikipedia under United States Military Standard.

Adjective

mil spec (not comparable)

  1. (US) Of the grade and quality used by the military.
    a mil-spec pistol
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