dc
IPA: disˈi
Root Word: DC
noun
- Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America. [The federal capital region of the United States of America. The City of Washington used to be a municipality within the District of Columbia until 1871, when two entities were merged. For this reason, the district is also generally known as Washington, D.C.]
- (aviation) Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
- Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate. [Dubai, to distinguish it from the emirate of the same name]
- Initialism of Dreamcast. A home videogaming console from SEGA.
- Ellipsis of DC Comics.: Initialism of Detective Comics.
- Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; Clipping of DCHP.
- (law) Initialism of district court.
- (electrical) Initialism of direct current. [(physics) An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.]
- (degree) Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
- (banking) Initialism of debit card. [(banking) A card similar to a credit card, but which withdraws funds directly from the bank account, rather than borrowing the funds from the issuer of the card.]
- (law enforcement) Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined contributions.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) Initialism of device context.
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of difficulty class.
- (computing) Initialism of disconnection. [Severance of a physical connection.]
- Alternative letter-case form of DC
- (crochet) Initialism of double crochet. [(UK) a single crochet]
- Abbreviation of December. [The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.]
verb
- (computing) To become disconnected from a network.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of discontinue. [(transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.]
adjective
- (video coding) Initialism of direct coded.
adverb
- (music) Initialism of da capo. [(music) From the beginning.]
- (dance) Initialism of diagonally to the center.
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Examples of "dc" in Sentences
- Aspirin is used in the case of Synalgos DC.
- He is a pastiche of the DC Comics character Superman.
- 'Access' to the DC in the event of a natural calamity.
- The splitting of the DC section is a bit of a headache.
- The chair of the Downsize DC Foundation is Jack Mullen.
- DC police probe whether shootings on corner are related.
- The Butcher is born to the DC Universe after the first murder.
- DC Council reshuffle could stymie insurance exchange progress.
- The owner of the boards coincidentally enough works for DC comics.
- The look and feel of these series was often evocative of 1960s DC Comics.
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