ac
IPA: ˈeɪsˈi
Root Word: AC
noun
- (electricity, informal, by extension) supply of electric energy via a public electricity grid
- (Australia) Companion of the Order of Australia.
- Aceh, an autonomous province of Indonesia.
- Acre, a state of Brazil.
- account; money of account
- alicyclic
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) The Acura Legend automobile.
- (aviation) Initialism of absolute ceiling. [(aviation) The maximum altitude above sea level that an aircraft or missile can maintain horizontal flight under normal conditions.]
- Initialism of access control. [The practice of restricting entrance to a property, a building, or a room to authorized persons.]
- (finance) Initialism of account current. [(finance) A regularly updated record of transactions between two parties showing what is owed or due to each party or a statement summarising the position]
- (anatomy) Initialism of anterior chamber. [(anatomy, ophthalmology) A space inside the eye between the cornea and the iris, filled with aqueous humour.]
- (music, radio) Initialism of adult contemporary (a radio format). [A category of music including soft rock, ballads, easy listening, soul, and rhythm and blues.]
- (biochemistry) Initialism of adenylyl cyclase.
- (medicine) Initialism of adjuvant chemotherapy.
- Initialism of air conditioning. [The state of temperature and humidity produced by an air conditioner.]
- Initialism of air corps.
- Initialism of aircraftman. [A member of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force or the air forces of various other Commonwealth countries.]
- (electricity) Initialism of alternating current (often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current). [(physics) An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically.]
- Initialism of area code. [(US, Australia, Philippines) A prefix appended to a telephone number indicating the geographical area.]
- Initialism of army corps.
- Initialism of athletic club.
- 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. [(set theory) One of the axioms of set theory, equivalent to the statement that an arbitrary direct product of non-empty sets is non-empty; any version of said axiom, for example specifying the cardinality of the number of sets from which choices are made.]
- (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of assistant commissioner, a police rank used in London's Metropolitan Police.
- Initialism of aviation cadet.
- (chemistry) Initialism of ammonium chloride. [(inorganic chemistry) A water-soluble salt of ammonia and hydrochloric acid, having the formula NH₄Cl.]
- (geography) Initialism of autonomous county.
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of armor class.
- Initialism of America's Cup (competition yacht sailing match racing regatta). [A sailing regatta between two yachts, usually held every three or four years.]
- Abbreviation of acre. [An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.]
- Alternative letter-case form of AC (“air conditioning”) [(electricity, informal, by extension) supply of electric energy via a public electricity grid]
- (electricity) Alternative letter-case form of AC (“alternating current”) [(electricity, informal, by extension) supply of electric energy via a public electricity grid]
- Initialism of air-conditioning.
- (meteorology) Initialism of altocumulus cloud.
- Abbreviation of acetate. [(organic chemistry) Any ester or salt of acetic acid.]
- Abbreviation of acetyl. [(organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid.]
adjective
- (medicine) ante cibum, before meals
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of acromioclavicular. [(anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.]
- Initialism of air conditioned.
- (religion) Initialism of antichristian. [Pertaining to Antichrist.]
adverb
- Initialism of anno Christi (in the year of Christ).
- Initialism of ante Christum, (before Christ).
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Examples of "ac" in Sentences
- The ACE project was overambitious.
- Ace is the lowest card in the draw.
- The ace of spades counts as the car.
- Play the ace on the first spade trick.
- He was one of the final aces in the war.
- In the example above it was the Ace of Hearts.
- In the second round, the ace will drop the king.
- Try to antagonize a member of the AC is foolish.
- The ace is the highest card in play and in cutting.
- The AC ballast was about the size of a building brick.
- Get thee to a wiki - the great API challenge in ac ...
- My script is: - while (1) ac = ExternalPowered () if (\% ac\% = 1)
- In such an ac - tion the daughter cannot be a witness to prove a previous promise o£ marriage in aggravation of damages, for she has a right to her own ac« tion for breach of that promise.
- 'ac putaram paulo secus' and _Fam_ XIV iv 5 '_atque ego_, qui te confirmo, ipse me non possum', and instances of _ac tamen_ at _Fam_ VII xxiii 1, Caesar _BC_ III 87 4, and Tac _Ann_ III 72.