DC
English
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- Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
- (aviation) Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
- Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
- Initialism of Dreamcast. A home videogaming console from SEGA.
- Ellipsis of DC Comics.: Initialism of Detective Comics.
- Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; Clipping of DCHP.
Noun
editDC (countable and uncountable, plural DCs)
- (law) Initialism of district court.
- (electrical) Initialism of direct current.
- (degree) Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
- 2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, in Glamour[1]:
- Dr. Keith Kimberlin for example, who recently shared video in which he claimed that most sunscreen “is toxic” and “more dangerous than [sun]burning,” is a chiropractor with a doctorate of chiropractic degree (DC).
- (banking) Initialism of debit card.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined contributions.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) Initialism of device context.
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of difficulty class.
- (computing) Initialism of disconnection.
- (Kenya) Initialism of district commissioner.
- 2011, Emily Boyd, Carl Folke, Adapting Institutions (page 62)
- The DC reasoned that since it was only the ancestrals who had a problem with the incident, they should supply the bulls necessary to purify the forest.
- 2011, Emily Boyd, Carl Folke, Adapting Institutions (page 62)
Antonyms
editdirect current
Coordinate terms
editlaw enforcement
Derived terms
editdirect current
law enforcement
Related terms
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Translations
editdirect current
Adverb
editDC
- (music) Initialism of da capo.
- (dance) Initialism of diagonally to the center.
Related terms
editdiagonally to the center
Adjective
editDC (not comparable)
Verb
editDC (third-person singular simple present DCs, present participle DCing, simple past and past participle DCed or DC'd)
- (computing) To become disconnected from a network.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of discontinue.
- med dc'd
Anagrams
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editPronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: di1 si1
- Yale: dī sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: di1 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: di1 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
editDC
Italian
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editProper noun
editDC f
- Initialism of Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democracy)
Portuguese
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Adverb
editDC (not comparable)
- AD (after the birth of Christ)
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