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DTIC

DTIC

9.9
An agency in the United States military that shares science and technical reports with government agencies and contractors
  • noun
  • Jargon
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  • Many researchers rely on the information available through the DTIC for their projects.

Examples

  • The DTIC provides critical scientific data to support military operations.

  • The DTIC serves as a central resource for technological advances within the Department of Defense.

  • The system works with the company's manually operated dispensers and with battery-powered EZ-mix-HI hand-held dispensing units manufactured by DTIC Dispensing Technologies, also of South Lancaster.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

Defense Technical Information Center
vsDTIC
  • Formal
5.5

A U.S. Department of Defense center that collects and shares scientific and technical reports with government agencies and contractors

is the same agency but written as a short abbreviation

Surface Forms

DTIC singular
DTICs plural

Etymology

DTIC comes from the first letters of Defense, Technical, Information, and Center, so the name literally points to a place that collects and shares military science and technology reports. That's why DTIC today is the U.S. Department of Defense agency that provides scientific and technical information to other government groups and contractors.