abc
IPA: ˈeɪbisi
Root Word: ABC
noun
- (uncountable, countable, usually plural in Canada, US) The English alphabet.
- (obsolete, poetry) A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.
- (obsolete) A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.
- The fundamentals of any subject.
- (poker) A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.
- (UK, rail transport) A British alphabetized guidebook listing trains and their stations.
- (computer languages) An imperative general-purpose programming language, intended for teaching or prototyping.
- (mnemonic, emergency medicine) Initialism of airway, breathing and circulation: the essential steps in the immediate assessment and treatment of critically ill or injured patients. [(anatomy) The trachea.]
- (US) Initialism of alcoholic beverage control.
- (dated, sometimes derogatory) Initialism of American-born Chinese.
- Initialism of Australian-born Chinese.
- (business management) Initialism of activity-based costing.
- (climbing) Initialism of advance base camp.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of ATP-binding cassette.
- (immunology, medicine) Initialism of antigen-binding capacity.
- (pathology) Initialism of aneurysmal bone cyst.
- (pathology) Initialism of adenoid basal cell carcinoma.
- (pharmacology) Abbreviation of abacavir. [(pharmacology) An antiretroviral drug (trademark Ziagen) taken orally in the form of its sulfate (C₁₄H₁₈N₆O)₂·H₂SO₄ in combination with other antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infections. It is a synthetic nucleoside analog that acts by inhibiting reverse transcriptase. It causes potentially serious hypersensitivity reactions in a small percentage of patients.]
- (pharmacology) Initialism of accelerated blood clearance.
- (computing) Initialism of Atanasoff-Berry computer.
- (computing) Initialism of artificial bee colony. [(computing) A metaheuristic-based optimization algorithm inspired by the intelligent foraging behavior of honey bee swarms.]
- (law, finance) Initialism of assignment for the benefit of creditors.
- (electrical engineering) Initialism of absorbing boundary condition.
- (object-oriented programming) Initialism of abstract base class.
- (psychology) Initialism of adventure-based counseling.
- (psychology) Initialism of affect, behavior, and cognition. [(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.]
- (cryptozoology) Initialism of alien big cat.
- (automotive) Initialism of active body control.
- (Christianity, informal) Initialism of Archbishop of Canterbury.
- (television) Initialism of American Broadcasting Company: an American commercial broadcast television network founded in 1943.
- (radio, television) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- (historical, radio) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Company.
- (historical, radio, television) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Commission.
- (radio, television) Initialism of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
- (finance) Initialism of Agricultural Bank of China.
- (publishing) Initialism of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
- (UK, historical) Initialism of Aerated Bread Company.
- (aviation) Initialism of Advance Booking Charter.
- (historical, basketball) Initialism of Asian Basketball Confederation.
- (historical, bowling) Initialism of American Bowling Congress.
- (often attributively) Initialism of Argentina, Brazil and Chile: the three most powerful and wealthiest countries in South America. [A country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.]
- Initialism of Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul: satellite cities around the city of São Paulo that form the most important industrial area in Brazil.
- (US, rail transport) Initialism of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad. [The capital city, the county seat of Fulton County, Georgia, United States.]
- Initialism of American Book Center: an English-language bookstore in Amsterdam founded in 1972.
- (Christianity) Initialism of Anglican Book Centre: the publishing house and bookshop of the Anglican Church of Canada until 2013.
adjective
- (weaponry) Initialism of atomic, biological and chemical: the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction. [(physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.]
- (slang, of a piece of chewing gum) Initialism of already been chewed.
- (medicine, of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma) Initialism of activated B-cell-like.
Examples of "abc" in Sentences
- Colin abc. com ... all 4 seasons, last I checked, streaming HD
- Their news isn’t that bad. matter of fact the local abc is pretty good.
- The way I see it, abc is still going to have only eight episodes of Lost to air in the Spring until the strike ends.
- Indeed, quoted strings in IRON are just shorthand for homogeneous character vectors. "abc" is a nicer way of writing #char.
- Comic/Book : Baby's First Mythos a wonderfully strange 'abc's for kids' type of book that contains HP Lovecraft characters.
- 20 May 2010 at 8: 47 pm gasp! lol btw has anyone seen the trailer that was shown in abc family??? with renee and bella in florida and it also included this scene i think …???
- So my aim would be to have the XSLT bundled into Firefox, and some form of handler that looks for the MIME type "text / ABC", or the file extension. abc, and the file rendered using the XSLT.
- This happens quite frequently. glenn goes on to give other examples. abc is really quite bad about not giving proper credit and worse, about claiming an “exclusive” when the story has already been reported elsewhere.