AC
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ac"
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Noun
AC (plural ACs)
- (aviation) Initialism of absolute ceiling.
- Initialism of access control.
- Initialism of account current.
- (anatomy) Initialism of anterior chamber.
Adjective
AC (not comparable)
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of acromioclavicular.
- AC joint; AC separation
Initialism
AC
- (music) Initialism of adult contemporary, (a radio format)
- (medicine) Initialism of adjuvant chemotherapy.
- 2018, Gollins S, et al. "A prospective phase II study of pre-operative chemotherapy then short-course radiotherapy for high risk rectal cancer: COPERNICUS", British Journal of Cancer
- Current UK practice, supported by NICE guidance is to complete local pelvic treatment with surgery±pre-operative radiotherapy, before considering systemic adjuvant chemotherapy (AC)
- 2018, Gollins S, et al. "A prospective phase II study of pre-operative chemotherapy then short-course radiotherapy for high risk rectal cancer: COPERNICUS", British Journal of Cancer
- Initialism of air conditioned.
- Initialism of air conditioning.
- Initialism of air corps.
- Initialism of aircraftman.
- Initialism of all clear, (as in button on electronic calculator)
- (electricity) Initialism of alternating current, (often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current, as in 110 V AC.)
- Initialism of anno Christi, (in the year of Christ.)
- Initialism of ante Christum, (before Christ.)
- (medicine) Initialism of ante cibum, (before meals.)
- (religion) Initialism of antichristian.
- Initialism of appellation contrôlée.
- Initialism of area code.
- Initialism of army corps.
- (law) as charged, as in: guilty as charged, usually a/c
- Initialism of athletic club.
- (Internet, slang) Initialism of audible chuckle. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Initialism of author's correction.
- Initialism of automobile club.
- (US, military) Initialism of Auxiliary Collier, (a naval coal transport that travels with the fleet to provide coal for coal powered warships)
- (set theory) Initialism of axiom of choice.
- (Australia) Companion of the Order of Australia.
- Initialism of aviation cadet.
- Initialism of America's Cup, (competition yacht sailing match racing regatta)
- (chemistry) Initialism of ammonium chloride.
Hyponyms
- (access control): RBAC
Translations
alternating current
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alternating potential
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Alternative forms
- A. C.
Synonyms
- 1.: a. Chr. n, a. C. n., a. Chr.
- 2.: A. D., A.D., AD; p. Chr. n., p. C. n., p. Chr.
References
- AC in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- AC in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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