mil-spec
(US) Of the grade and quality used by the military.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(US) Of the grade and quality used by the military.
a mil-spec pistol
Origin: Clipped compound: . 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. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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