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DC en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, qualifier:video coding) Initialism of direct coded.
   alt of direct coded

DC en · ADV

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of da capo.
   alt of da capo
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of diagonally to the center.
   alt of diagonally to the center

Relateds

BDC (diagonally to the center) · BDW (diagonally to the center) · DW (diagonally to the center) · FDW (diagonally to the center) · FDC (diagonally to the center)

DC en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of district court.
   alt of district court
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of direct current.
   alt of direct current
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:degree, uncountable) Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
   alt of doctor of chiropractic
   • 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). 2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, in Glamour:
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of debit card.
   alt of debit card
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of disease control.
   alt of disease control
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
   alt of detective constable
7. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:pensions, uncountable) Initialism of defined contributions.
   alt of defined contributions
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:Microsoft Windows, uncountable) Initialism of device context.
   alt of device context
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:roleplaying games, uncountable) Initialism of difficulty class.
   alt of difficulty class
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of disconnection/disconnect.
    alt of disconnection/disconnect
    • I am getting huge lag spikes […] they are bad and long enough where you think it's a DC. 2012 February 6, "u n risr@optonline.net IYM", “Re: Random DC to Login since patch”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet):
11. (Kenya, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of district commissioner.
    alt of district commissioner
    • 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:
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:prison, uncountable) Initialism of disciplinary control.
    alt of disciplinary control
    • I'd give my state pay for the next year just to be held for a few minutes without fear of being put in DC 1984 February 11, M. Kathleen Humphreys, “Just To Be Held”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 29, page 4:
    • Disciplinary Control is a form of segregation in which inmates who have been found guilty of an institutional rule, pursuant to the Administrative Rule (AR) 5120-9-08, may be placed. Per the AR 5120-9-11, inmates can receive placement in DC for 15 days as a result of a single rule violation or a series of rule violations arising from one event. An inmate can also receive an additional 15 days for two or more unrelated violations or for any violations committed while in DC. However, no inmate shall spend more than 30 consecutive days in DC. 2010 June 16, Correctional Institution Inspection Committee (Ohio), Inspection and Evaluation of the Trumbull Correctional Institute, page 50:
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of distribution center.
    alt of distribution center

Forms

Coordinates

PC · HC · WPC · supt. · AC

Deriveds

AC/DC (direct current) · WDC

Relateds

DS · DI · dc · DCI

Translations (6)

ru постоя́нный ток (direct current) · nl gelijkspanning (direct current) · id arus searah (direct current) · ja 直流 (direct current) · fi tasavirta (direct current) · ko 직류 (direct current)

DC en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
   alt of District of Columbia
   • Coleman, who previously broke quorum but did not join others in DC due to a recent leg amputation, gave the invocation Thursday, saying in part, “I pray that we, all of us look inside about where we want this world to go, this state, this House, and look at it from the perspective of trying to find as much common ground as can be found.” 2021 August 19, Dianne Gallagher, “Texas Democrats’ effort to freeze voting bill ends”, in CNN:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
   alt of Douglas Commercial
   alt of used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
   alt of Dubai City
   alt of to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Dreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA.
   alt of Dreamcast
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics.
   alt of DC Comics
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; clipping of DCHP.
   alt of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, informal) Abbreviation of Discord.
   alt of Discord

Coordinates

DCAU · DCEU · DCverse · DCU

DC en · VERB

Meanings

1. To become disconnected from a network.
   • Since the patch I have been randomly DCing and it's at times completely game-breaking. For example,just now my Paladin was questing in Thou Needles, and I DC'd several times within a few minutes. 2012 February 3, "ToolPackinMama", “Random DC to Login since patch”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet):
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of discontinue.
   alt of discontinue
   • med dc'd

Forms

Relateds

Llanarmon DC