technical drawing

English

a technical drawing of a turbojet aircraft engine

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Noun

technical drawing (countable and uncountable, plural technical drawings)

  1. A detailed drawing of an artifact, that is used in architecture or engineering.
    Technical drawings include engineering drawings, sketches, CAD, and more.
    • 1998, John Bickford, Handbook of Bolts and Bolted Joints, page 193:
      Figure 9 is an example of a technical drawing of an external metric thread. The major diameter is shown in bold lines.
  2. The art of producing such drawings.
    • 2015, David E. Goetsch, Raymond L. Rickman, William S. Chalk, Technical Drawing for Engineering Communication, page 131:
      Having studied technical drawing in high school and then gone on to get a degree in engineering and drafting, he knew that he did have experience in a more lucrative field.

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