ACC

See also: acc, acc., and acc-

Translingual

Symbol

ACC

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Kotoka International Airport, which serves Accra, Ghana.

English

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Proper noun

ACC

1. (historical) Initialism of Allied Control Council.
2. (US) Initialism of Association of Corporate Counsel.
3. (US) Initialism of American Chemistry Council.
4. (US) Initialism of American College of Cardiology.
5. (US, historical) Initialism of Air Coordinating Committee.
6. (India) Initialism of Associated Cement Companies.
7. (New Zealand) Initialism of Accident Compensation Corporation.
8. (New Zealand, by extension) Initialism of the accident compensation scheme, administered by the Accident Compensation Corporation.
9. (oceanography, geography) Initialism of Antarctic Circumpolar Current. An ocean current surrounding Antarctica in the Southern Ocean.

Noun

ACC (countable and uncountable, plural ACCs)

1. (automotive) Initialism of adaptive cruise control.
2. (linguistics) Abbreviation of accusative.
3. (mineralogy) Initialism of amorphous calcium carbonate.
4. (aviation) Initialism of area control center.
5. (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of assistant chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
6. (algebra) Initialism of ascending chain condition.
7. (fan fiction) Initialism of author-created character, a new character who is added into a fanfic's cast of 'official' characters.
8. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid.

Anagrams

• CAC, CCA

French

Proper noun

ACC f

1. (Senegal, politics) abbreviation of Alliance pour la conscience citoyenne

Noun

ACC m (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) abbreviation of aminocyclopropane carboxylique