TCP

See also: t/c/p

English

Adjective

TCP

1. (travel, aviation) Initialism of to complete party (followed by total number in group. Code used in OSI to advise an airline that other passengers are travelling with a person but are booked separately)

Proper noun

TCP

1. (computing, Internet) Initialism of Transmission Control Protocol.
2. A brand of mild antiseptic, originally formulated with trichlorophenylmethyliodosalicyl.
   • 2013, Miles Cawrinkle, Wildgene (page 136)

     'Is it all right to put some TCP on that ulcer?'

3. Tenocyclidine, a disassociative anesthetic drug with hallucinogenic properties. (Compare PCP.)
   • 1978, National Institute on Drug Abuse. Division of Research, Phencyclidine (PCP) Abuse: An Appraisal, page 126:

     5 percent of street THC samples are combinations of TCP and PCC.

   • 2019 November 2, Alvin Pugh, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Scientific e-Resources, →ISBN:

     Tenocyclidine (TCP) was discovered by a team at Parke Davis in the late 1950s. It is a dissociative anesthetic drug with psychostimulant and hallucinogenic effects. It is similar in effects to phencyclidine (PCP) but […]

Anagrams

• CPT, CTP, Cpt, Cpt., PCT, PTC, TPC, pct