ACS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "acs"

Translingual

Symbol

ACS

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Achinsk Airport, which serves Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

English

Proper noun

ACS

1. (Australia) Initialism of Australian Computer Society.
2. (Australia) Initialism of Australian Customs Service.
3. (Singapore) Initialism of Anglo-Chinese School.
4. (US) Initialism of American Cancer Society.
5. (US) Initialism of American Chemical Society.
6. (US) Initialism of American Community Survey.
   • 2025 March 17, Sahana Mukherjee and Mark Hugo Lopez, “How Americans feel about making English the official language of the U.S.”, in Pew Research Center‎^[1]:

     The ACS asks all respondents ages 5 and older two questions about language. First, people are asked if they speak a language other than English at home. If they mention a language other than English, they are asked how well they speak English.

Noun

ACS (countable and uncountable, plural ACSs or ACSes or ACS's)

1. (communication, electronics) Initialism of adjacent channel selectivity.
2. (medicine) Initialism of acute coronary syndrome.

   Synonym: CCS

   • 2000, Eric J. Topol, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Third Edition, CRC Press, page 294:

     Traditionally, in an attempt to identify every patient with ACS presenting to the ED, clinicians often admit many patients with noncardiac causes of chest pain.

3. (medicine) Initialism of acute compartment syndrome.
4. (medicine) Initialism of abdominal compartment syndrome.
5. (aerospace) Initialism of attitude control system.

   Coordinate terms: RCS, OMS, OMAC

Anagrams

• ASC, CAS, CSA, Cas, Cas., SAC, SCA, Sac, cas, cas', sac

French

Proper noun

ACS m

1. initialism of Automobile Club de Suisse, the Swiss Automobile Club

German

Proper noun

ACS n

1. initialism of Automobil Club der Schweiz, the Swiss Automobile Club

Italian

Proper noun

ACS m

1. initialism of Automobile Club Svizzero, the Swiss Automobile Club

Spanish

Noun

ACS f (uncountable)

1. initialism of agua caliente sanitaria

Proper noun

ACS f

1. (Spain) initialism of Actividades de Construcción y Servicios
2. (Spain) initialism of Aceralia Corporación Siderúrgica