DC

See also: dc, Dc, dC, D&C, D.C., and d.C.

English

Abbreviation

DC

1. (geography) District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
2. (geography) Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
3. Sega Dreamcast

Initialism

DC

1. (law) District Court
2. (electrical) direct current
3. (degree) Doctor of Chiropractic
4. (banking) debit card
5. (law enforcement) Detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries
6. Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; DCHP.
7. (music) da capo
8. (video coding) direct coded
9. (Britain, pensions) Initialism of defined contributions.

Antonyms

• (electrical): AC

Derived terms

• AC/DC
• (law enforcement): WDC

Related terms

• (law enforcement): DCI, DI, DS

See also

• (law enforcement): supt., PC, WPC

Translations

direct current

• Dutch: gelijkspanning (What can be measured over an open circuit or a resistance)
• Finnish: tasavirta (fi)
• Indonesian: arus searah

• Japanese: 直流 (ちょくりゅう, chokuryū)
• Korean: 직류 (直流, jikryu)

Anagrams

• C.D., CD, cD

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Italian

Alternative forms

• D.C.

Proper noun

DC f

1. Initialism of Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democracy)

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Portuguese

Adverb

DC (not comparable)

1. AD (after the birth of Christ)