TLC

English

Noun

TLC (countable and uncountable, plural TLCs)

1. (uncountable) Initialism of tender loving care.
   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:

     More join us at Colwall and at the lovely station at Great Malvern, although the place is in need of some TLC nowadays. The ornate canopy supports are overdue a repaint, and the closed cafe gives the place a forlorn air.

2. (uncountable, analytical chemistry) Initialism of thin-layer chromatography.
3. (uncountable, business, engineering) Initialism of technology life cycle.
4. (countable, electronics) Initialism of triple-level cell.
5. (hematology) Initialism of total leukocyte count.

Hypernyms

• (triple level cell): MLC (“multi-level cell”)

Related terms

• (triple level cell): SLC (“single-level cell”), QLC (“quad-level cell”), MLC (“multi-level cell”)

Proper noun

TLC

1. Initialism of The Learning Channel, a U.S. television channel owned by Discovery Communications.

See also

• thin-layer chromatography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• technology life cycle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• triple-level cell on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CLT, CTL, LCT, LTC, TCL, Tcl

Spanish

Noun

TLC m (plural TLC)

1. Initialism of tratado de libre comercio.

Derived terms

• TLCAN

 

See also

• ALCA
• ASEAN
• CSN