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See also:D. C.,D.C.,D&C,Dc,d.C.,d/c,dC,anddc

English

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Proper noun

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Initialism ofDistrict of Columbia, a federal district of theUnited States of America.
- 2021 August 19, Dianne Gallagher, “Texas Democrats’ effort to freeze voting bill ends”, inCNN‎^[1]:
  Coleman, who previously broke quorum but did not join others inDC due to a recent leg amputation, gave the invocation Thursday, saying in part, “I pray that we, all of us look inside about where we want this world to go, this state, this House, and look at it from the perspective of trying to find as much common ground as can be found.”
(aviation)Initialism ofDouglas Commercial, used in the names ofairliners designed by theDouglas Aircraft Company.
Initialism ofDubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
Initialism ofDreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA.
Ellipsis ofDC Comics:Initialism ofDetective Comics.
Coordinate terms:DCU,DCEU,DCAU,DCverse
Initialism ofDictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles;clipping ofDCHP.
(informal)Abbreviation ofDiscord.

Noun

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DC (countable anduncountable,pluralDCs)

(law)Initialism ofdistrict court.
(electricity)Initialism ofdirect current.
(degree)Initialism ofdoctor ofchiropractic.
- 2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, inGlamour‎^[2]:
  Dr. Keith Kimberlin for example, who recently shared video in which he claimed that most sunscreen “is toxic” and “more dangerous than [sun]burning,” is a chiropractor with a doctorate of chiropractic degree (DC).
(banking)Initialism ofdebit card.
(law enforcement)Initialism ofdetective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
(UK, pensions)Initialism ofdefined contributions.
(computing, Microsoft Windows)Initialism ofdevice context.
(roleplaying games)Initialism ofdifficulty class.
(computing)Initialism ofdisconnection.
- 2012 February 6, "u n risr@optonline.net IYM", “Re: Random DC to Login since patch”, inalt.games.warcraft‎^[3] (Usenet):
  I am getting huge lag spikes[…] they are bad and long enough where you think it's aDC.
(Kenya)Initialism ofdistrict commissioner.
- 2011, Emily Boyd, Carl Folke,Adapting Institutions, page62:
  TheDC reasoned that since it was only the ancestrals who had a problem with the incident, they should supply the bulls necessary to purify the forest.
(prison)Initialism ofdisciplinary control.
- 1984 February 11, M. Kathleen Humphreys, “Just To Be Held”, inGay Community News, volume11, number29, page 4:
  I'd give my state pay for the next year just to be held for a few minutes without fear of being put inDC
- 2010 June 16, Correctional Institution Inspection Committee (Ohio),Inspection and Evaluation of the Trumbull Correctional Institute‎^[4], page50:
  Disciplinary Control is a form of segregation in which inmates who have been found guilty of an institutional rule, pursuant to the Administrative Rule (AR) 5120-9-08, may be placed. Per the AR 5120-9-11, inmates can receive placement inDC for 15 days as a result of a single rule violation or a series of rule violations arising from one event. An inmate can also receive an additional 15 days for two or more unrelated violations or for any violations committed while inDC. However, no inmate shall spend more than 30 consecutive days inDC.
(business)Initialism ofdistribution center.

Antonyms

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direct current

Coordinate terms

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law enforcement

Derived terms

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direct current

AC/DC

law enforcement

Related terms

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law enforcement

Translations

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direct current

Dutch:gelijkspanning (nl) (What can be measuredover an open circuit or a resistance)
Finnish:tasavirta (fi)
Indonesian:arus searah
Japanese:直流 (ja)(ちょくりゅう, chokuryū)
Korean:직류(直流)(jingnyu)
Russian:постоя́нный ток (ru) m(postojánnyj tok)

Adverb

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(music)Initialism ofda capo.
(dance)Initialism ofdiagonally to thecenter.

Related terms

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diagonally to the center

Adjective

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DC (notcomparable)

(video coding)Initialism ofdirect coded.

Verb

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DC (third-person singular simple presentDCsorDC's,present participleDCingorDC'ing,simple past and past participleDCedorDC'dorDC'ed)

(computing) To becomedisconnected from a network.
- 2012 February 3, "ToolPackinMama", “Random DC to Login since patch”, inalt.games.warcraft‎^[5] (Usenet):
  Since the patch I have been randomlyDCing and it's at times completely game-breaking. For example,just now my Paladin was questing in Thou Needles, and IDC'd several times within a few minutes.
(medicine)Abbreviation ofdiscontinue.
meddc'd