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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.
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of difficulty class.
- (computing) Initialism of disconnection.
Antonyms[edit]
direct current
Coordinate terms[edit]
law enforcement
Derived terms[edit]
direct current
law enforcement
Related 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
Anagrams[edit]
Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
DC
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
DC f
- Initialism of Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democracy)
Portuguese[edit]
Adverb[edit]
DC (not comparable)
- AD (after the birth of Christ)
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