DC
English Edit
Proper noun Edit
DC
- 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 Edit
DC (countable and uncountable, plural DCs)
- (law) Initialism of district court.
- (electrical) Initialism of direct current.
- (degree) Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
- (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.
- (role-playing games) Initialism of difficulty class.
- (computing) Initialism of disconnection.
Antonyms Edit
direct current
Derived terms Edit
direct current
law enforcement
Related terms Edit
law enforcement
Coordinate terms Edit
law enforcement
Translations Edit
direct current
Adverb Edit
DC
- (music) Initialism of da capo.
- (dance) Initialism of diagonally to the center.
Related terms Edit
diagonally to the center
Adjective Edit
DC (not comparable)
Verb Edit
DC (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
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DC
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Proper noun Edit
DC f
- Initialism of Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democracy)
Portuguese Edit
Adverb Edit
DC (not comparable)
- AD (after the birth of Christ)