technical drawing

English

Noun

technical drawing (countable and uncountable, plural technical drawings)

  1. A depiction that relays the concept or idea for a physical object or group of physical objects.
    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 pictures.
    • 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.
  3. The act of producing such a picture. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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