AC

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ac"

Translingual

Symbol

AC

  1. (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Ascension Island.
    Synonym: ASC (alpha-3)

Usage notes

This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the Universal Postal Union for the purpose of assigning a stamp issuing area, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO outside of that purpose.

English

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Alternative forms

Noun

AC (plural ACs)

  1. (aviation) Initialism of absolute ceiling.
  2. Initialism of access control.
    Hyponym: RBAC
  3. (finance) Initialism of account current.
  4. (anatomy) Initialism of anterior chamber.
  5. (music, radio) Initialism of adult contemporary (a radio format).
  6. (biochemistry) Initialism of adenylyl cyclase.
  7. (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”, in 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)
  8. Initialism of air conditioning.
  9. Initialism of air corps.
  10. Initialism of aircraftman.
  11. (electricity) Initialism of alternating current (often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current).
    Coordinate term: DC
    110 V AC
    1. (electricity, informal, by extension) supply of electric energy via a public electricity grid
  12. Initialism of area code.
  13. Initialism of army corps.
  14. Initialism of athletic club.
  15. Initialism of author's correction.
  16. Initialism of automobile club.
  17. (US, military) Initialism of Auxiliary Collier (a naval coal transport that travels with the fleet to provide coal for coal-powered warships).
  18. (set theory) Initialism of axiom of choice.
  19. (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of assistant commissioner, a police rank used in London's Metropolitan Police.
  20. (Australia) Companion of the Order of Australia.
  21. Initialism of aviation cadet.
  22. (chemistry) Initialism of ammonium chloride.
  23. (geography) Initialism of autonomous county.
  24. (roleplaying games) Initialism of armor class.
  25. (autism, psychology) singular of ACs (“autistics and cousins”).

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

AC (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of acromioclavicular.
    AC joint;  AC separation
  2. Initialism of air conditioned.
  3. (religion) Initialism of antichristian.

Adverb

AC (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of anno Christi (in the year of Christ).
  2. Initialism of ante Christum, (before Christ).

Synonyms

  • (anno Christi): AD (anno Domini)
  • (ante Christum): BC (before Christ)

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “ante Christum”): AD (anno Domini)

Phrase

AC

  1. Initialism of all clear (as in button on electronic calculator).
  2. (medicine) Initialism of ante cibum (before meals).
  3. (law) Initialism of as charged, as in: guilty as charged, usually a/c.

Proper noun

AC

  1. Aceh, an autonomous province of Indonesia.
  2. Acre, a state of Brazil.
  3. Initialism of America's Cup (competition yacht sailing match racing regatta).

Derived terms

Anagrams

Chinese

simp. and trad.
(AC) 		A C

Etymology

Borrowed from English account. Doublet of account.

Pronunciation

Noun

AC

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) account
    冇AC都可以 [Cantonese]  ―  mou5 AC dou1 ho2 ji5   ―  don't need an account

Alternative forms

Related terms

Italian

Noun

AC

  1. anno Christi
  2. associazione calcio (football/soccer club)
    AC Milan
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Adjective

AC (invariable)

  1. avanti Cristo

Anagrams

Japanese

Noun

AC(アーケード) • (ākēdo) 

  1. (only in compounds) Abbreviation of アーケード (“arcade, establishment with coin-operated games”).
    AC(アーケード)音( おと)ゲー
    ākēdo otogē
    arcade rhythm game

Latin

Alternative forms

Phrase

AC

  1. ante Christum
  2. anno Christi

Synonyms

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.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

Noun

AC n (indeclinable)

  1. Abbreviation of autocasco.

Further reading

  • AC in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • AC in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

AC

  1. Acre (Brazilian state)

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

AC m (plural ACau)

  1. (politics) Initialism of Aelod Cynulliad.
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