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DC
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Appendix:Variations of "dc"
English
Proper noun
en District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
en Dianne Gallagher Texas Democrats’ effort to freeze voting bill ends w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/politics/texas-democrats-quorum-voting-bill 2021-08-19 Coleman, who previously broke quorum but did not join others in DC 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.” https://web.archive.org/web/20251207204644/https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/politics/texas-democrats-quorum-voting-bill 7 December 2025
en aviation en Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
en Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
en en Dreamcast a home videogaming console from SEGA.
en DC Comics en w:DC Comics: en Detective Comics.
en DCU DCEU DCAU DCverse
en w:Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; en DCHP 1.
en informal en Discord.
Noun
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en legal en district court.
en electrical en direct current.
en dc
en AC<t:alternating current>
en degree en doctor of chiropractic.
en 2024-06-21 Danielle Sinay Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained Glamour (magazine) Glamour https://www.glamour.com/story/is-sunscreen-bad-for-you-tiktok-anti-spf-movement 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). https://web.archive.org/web/20260825203524/https://www.glamour.com/story/is-sunscreen-bad-for-you-tiktok-anti-spf-movement 25 August 2026
en banking en debit card.
en medicine en disease control.
en HC<t:healthy control>
en law enforcement en detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
en UK pensions en defined contributions.
en computing Microsoft Windows en device context.
en role-playing games en difficulty class.
en computing video games en disconnection/disconnect.
en Feb 6, 2012 "u n risr@optonline.net IYM" Re: Random DC to Login since patch alt.games.warcraft https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.warcraft/c/oArn23E-vgI/m/oSPOj02jE9kJ I am getting huge lag spikes they are bad and long enough where you think it's a DC.
en Kenya en district commissioner.
en 2011 Emily Boyd; Carl Folke Adapting Institutions 62 The DC 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.
en prison en disciplinary control.
en 11 Feb 84 11 29 Gay Community News 4 Just To Be Held M. Kathleen Humphreys I'd give my state pay for the next year just to be held for a few minutes without fear of being put in DC
en Inspection and Evaluation of the Trumbull Correctional Institute Correctional Institution Inspection Committee (Ohio) 16 June 10 https://www.ciic.ohio.gov/ciic-api/public/files/ciic/5f0fa122-c942-4c8b-acf0-3606b94dbf7b/v1/trumbull-correctional-institution-2010-inspection-report.pdf 50 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 in DC 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 in DC. However, no inmate shall spend more than 30 consecutive days in DC.
en business en distribution center.
Coordinate terms
en law enforcement supt. PC WPC
Derived terms
en direct current AC/DC
en law enforcement WDC
Related terms
en law enforcement DCI DI DS
Translations
direct current
Dutch: nl gelijkspanning (What can be measured over an open circuit or a resistance)
Finnish: fi tasavirta
Indonesian: id arus searah
Japanese: ja 直流 ちょくりゅう, chokuryū
Korean: ko 직류(直流)
Russian: ru постоя́нный ток m
Adverb
en adverb
en music en da capo.
en dance en diagonally to the center.
Related terms
en diagonally to the center BDC BDW DW FDC FDW
Adjective
-
en video coding en direct coded.
Verb
+!,+' DCd,DCed,DC'd,DC'ed
en computing To become disconnected from a network.
en Feb 3, 2012 "ToolPackinMama" Random DC to Login since patch alt.games.warcraft https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.warcraft/c/oArn23E-vgI/m/q696T1CYvrUJ Since the patch I have been randomly DCing and it's at times completely game-breaking. For example,just now my Paladin was questing in Thou Needles, and I DC'd several times within a few minutes.
en medicine en discontinue.
en med dc'd
See also
Llanarmon DC
Anagrams
en cd C&D cD C.D. CD 🄭
en Microsoft United States Washington, D.C.
Chinese
Etymology
From zh en Discord.
Pronunciation
di1 si1 pn
zh Mandarin?
Proper noun
zh proper noun
zh Hong Kong Taiwan zh en:Discord
Italian
Alternative forms
it D.C.
Proper noun
f
it Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democracy)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
dê-cê
Adverb
no
AD after the birth of Christ