IC

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ic"

Translingual

Symbol

IC

1. (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Canary Islands.

Usage notes

This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the World Customs Organization for the purpose of demarcating a part of Spain that is not part of the European Union Customs Union, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO outside of that purpose.

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

IC

1. (astronomy) Initialism of Index Catalogue (part of the NGC survey of J.L.E. Dreyer’s update to the Herschel General Catalogue).
2. (medicine) Initialism of interstitial cystitis (a type of chronic pain that affects the urinary bladder).

Alternative forms

• I. C., I.C.

Noun

IC (countable and uncountable, plural ICs)

1. Initialism of independent contractor.
2. Initialism of irreducible complexity.
3. (chemistry) Initialism of intercalation compound.
4. (chemistry) Initialism of ion chromatography.
5. (electronics) Initialism of integrated circuit.
6. (medicine, uncountable) Initialism of intensive care.
7. (immunology) Initialism of immune complex.
8. Initialism of identity card.
9. Initialism of individual contributor.
10. (slang) Short for incel.

Adjective

IC (not comparable)

1. Pseudo-acronym of icy.
2. Initialism of in charge.
3. (role-playing games, fandom slang) Initialism of in character.

   Antonyms: OC, OOC

Phrase

IC

1. Pseudo-acronym of I see.

Derived terms

• (electronics): VHSIC, HSIC, ASIC

See also

• (electronics): chip, discrete component, solid-state, SSI, MSI, LSI, VLSI, ULSI

Anagrams

• -ci-, C&I, CI, cI, ci

Japanese

Etymology

From English interchange.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ĩnta̠ːt͡ɕẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

IC(インターチェンジ) • (intāchenji) 

1. Abbreviation of インターチェンジ (intāchenji, “interchange”).