English
dc
see also: DC, Dc
Noun

dc

  1. Alternative case form of DC
  2. (crochet) Initialism of double crochet
DC
Proper noun
  1. Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
  2. (aviation) Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
  3. Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
  4. Initialism of Dreamcast A home videogaming console from SEGA.
  5. Ellipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics
    Coordinate terms: DCU, DCEU, DCAU, DCverse
  6. Init of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles Clipping of DCHP
Noun

dc

  1. (legal) Init of district court
  2. (electrical) Init of direct current
  3. (degree) Init of doctor of chiropractic
  4. (banking) Init of debit card
  5. (law enforcement) Init of detective constable a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
  6. (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined contributions
  7. (computing, Microsoft Windows) Initialism of device context
  8. (role-playing games) Init of difficulty class
  9. (computing) Initialism of disconnection
  10. (Kenya) Init 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.
Antonyms Related terms Translations Adverb
  1. (music) Init of da capo
  2. (dance) Initialism of diagonally to the center
Related terms Adjective

dc (not comparable)

  1. (video coding) Init of direct coded
Verb

dc (DCs, present participle DCing; simple past DCed, past participle DCed)

  1. (computing) To become disconnected from a network.
  2. (medicine) Abbreviation of discontinue
    med dc'd
Dc
Noun
  1. Abbreviation of December


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