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ADC
- (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Andakombe Airport, which serves Andakombe, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.
English
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ADC (countable and uncountable, plural ADCs)
- Initialism of aide-de-camp. and postnominal.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Three and—an Extra”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 13:Then ‘the ADC in Waiting was commanded by Their Excellencies, Lord and Lady Lytton, to invite Mr and Mrs Cusack-Bremmil to Peterhoff on July 26 at 9.30 p.p.’
- (electronics) Initialism of analog-to-digital converter.
- Initialism of aid to dependent children.
- (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense command or aerospace defense command.
- (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense center or aerospace defense center.
- Initialism of antibody-drug conjugate.
2020, Catalent, Life Science Leader, archived from the original on 29 October 2021:Catalent’s SMARTag® technology platform offers ADC and biologics developers a one-step toolkit to develop optimized ADCs and bioconjugates.
- Initialism of automatic distance control.
- Initialism of after-death communication.
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