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ORC

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See also: Orc and orc

English

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Proper noun

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ORC

  1. Initialism of Orange River Colony.
  2. Acronym of Otago Regional Council.
  3. Abbreviation of Oregon City.

Noun

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ORC (countable and uncountable, plural ORCs)

  1. (astronomy) Acronym of odd radio circle, a very large unexplained astronomical object. [from 2019]
    • 2024 January 12, Deirdre Stires, “Those odd circles in space? They’re now explained thanks to scientists including Aleks Diamond-Stanic”, in Bates News[1]:
      Even those who never look into the night sky and wonder about stars or galaxies may find the new research interesting, Diamond-Stanic said, because ORCs help to explain how the galaxy we live in came to be.
  2. Initialism of organized retail crime.
  3. (biochemistry) Initialism of origin recognition complex.

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