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Translingual
Symbol
IC
- (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Canary Islands.
Usage notes
This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the World Customs Organization for the purpose of demarcating a part of Spain that is not part of the European Union Customs Union, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO outside of that purpose.
English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
IC
- (astronomy) Initialism of Index Catalogue (part of the NGC survey of J.L.E. Dreyer’s update to the Herschel General Catalogue).
- (medicine) Initialism of interstitial cystitis (a type of chronic pain that affects the urinary bladder).
Alternative forms
Noun
IC (countable and uncountable, plural ICs)
- Initialism of independent contractor.
- Initialism of irreducible complexity.
- (chemistry) Initialism of intercalation compound.
- (chemistry) Initialism of ion chromatography.
- (electronics) Initialism of integrated circuit.
- (medicine, uncountable) Initialism of intensive care.
- (immunology) Initialism of immune complex.
- Initialism of identity card.
- Initialism of individual contributor.
- (slang) Short for incel.
- Initialism of intermittent catheterization.
Adjective
IC (not comparable)
- Pseudo-acronym of icy.
- Initialism of in charge.
- (roleplaying games, fandom slang) Initialism of in character.
- Antonyms: OC, OOC
- Initialism of intracloud.
Phrase
IC
- Pseudo-acronym of I see.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Chinese
Etymology
Initialism of in charge.
Pronunciation
Noun
IC
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) person in charge; manager; supervisor
2019 March 16, “【醫護逃亡】護士、專職醫療流失率創8年新高 每16名護士1人離職”, in 香港01:以前我哋做5、6年才做IC(主管),但佢哋現在只做3年,而且實習機會很少,中層沒有時間理會佢哋,佢哋仍欠缺經驗,就要揹飛,處理意外、投訴等情況,有人會擔心揹鑊和有人命。- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2019 June 27, “民間自發集會急救站 醫者仁心”, in 香港經濟日報:
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology
From English interchange.
Pronunciation
Noun
IC • (intāchenji)
- Abbreviation of インターチェンジ (intāchenji, “interchange”).