mil-spec

adjective

Of the grade and quality used by the military.

“a mil-spec pistol”

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Meanings

adjectivemil spec (not comparable)

alternative milspec · alternative mil spec

  1. USnot comparableOf the grade and quality used by the military.

    a mil-spec pistol

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
military grade

Origin

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.

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APA

mil-spec. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mil-spec

MLA

“mil-spec.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mil-spec. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mil-spec,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mil-spec.

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