DC

See also:D. C.,D.C.,D&C,Dc,d.C.,d/c,dC,anddc

English

Proper noun

DC

1. Initialism ofDistrict of Columbia,a federal district of theUnited States of America.
2. (aviation)Initialism ofDouglas Commercial,used in the names ofairlinersdesigned by theDouglas Aircraft Company.
3. Initialism ofDubai City,to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
4. Initialism ofDreamcast.A home videogaming console from SEGA.
5. EllipsisofDC Comics.:Initialism ofDetectiveComics.

   Coordinate terms:DCU,DCEU,DCAU,DCverse

6. Initialism ofDictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles;Clipping ofDCHP.
7. (informal)AbbreviationofDiscord.

Noun

DC(countableanduncountable,pluralDCs)

1. (law)Initialism ofdistrictcourt.
2. (electrical)Initialism ofdirect current.
3. (degree)Initialism ofdoctorofchiropractic.
   • 2024June 21, Danielle Sinay, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, inGlamour‎^[1]:

     Dr. Keith Kimberlin for example, who recently shared video in which he claimed that most sunscreen “is toxic” and “more dangerous than [sun]burning,” is a chiropractor with a doctorate of chiropractic degree (DC).

4. (banking)Initialism ofdebit card.
5. (law enforcement)Initialism ofdetective constable,a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
6. (UK,pensions)Initialism ofdefined contributions.
7. (computing,Microsoft Windows)Initialism ofdevicecontext.
8. (roleplaying games)Initialism ofdifficultyclass.
9. (computing)Initialism ofdisconnection.
   • 2012February 6, "u n [email protected] IYM", “Re: Random DC to Login since patch”, inalt.games.warcraft‎^[2](Usenet):

     I am getting huge lag spikes[…]they are bad and long enough where you think it's aDC.

10. (Kenya)Initialism ofdistrictcommissioner.
    • 2011,Emily Boyd, Carl Folke,Adapting Institutions,page62:

      TheDCreasoned that since it was only the ancestrals who had a problem with the incident, they should supply the bulls necessary to purify the forest.

Antonyms

direct current

• AC

Coordinate terms

law enforcement

• PC
• supt.
• WPC

Derived terms

direct current

• AC/DC

law enforcement

• WDC

Related terms

law enforcement

• DCI
• DI
• DS

Translations

direct current

• Dutch:gelijkspanning(nl)(What can be measuredoveran open circuit or a resistance)
• Finnish:tasavirta(fi)
• Indonesian:arussearah
• Japanese:Chảy ròng(ja)(ちょくりゅう, chokuryū)
• Korean:직류( chảy ròng )(jingnyu)
• Russian:постоя́нный ток(ru)m(postojánnyj tok)

Adverb

DC

1. (music)Initialism ofda capo.
2. (dance)Initialism ofdiagonallyto thecenter.

Related terms

diagonally to the center

• BDC
• BDW
• DW
• FDC
• FDW

Adjective

DC(notcomparable)

1. (video coding)Initialism ofdirectcoded.

Verb

DC(third-person singular simple presentDCs,present participleDCing,simple past and past participleDCedorDC'd)

1. (computing)To becomedisconnectedfrom a network.
   • 2012February 3, "ToolPackinMama", “Random DC to Login since patch”, inalt.games.warcraft‎^[3](Usenet):

     Since the patch I have been randomlyDCingand it's at times completely game-breaking. For example,just now my Paladin was questing in Thou Needles, and IDC'dseveral times within a few minutes.

2. (medicine)Abbreviationofdiscontinue.

   meddc'd

Anagrams

• C&D,cD,C.D.,CD,🄭

Chinese

Etymology

FromEnglishDiscord.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese(Jyutping):di¹si¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese,Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping:di¹si¹
    • Yale:dīsī
    • Cantonese Pinyin:di¹si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization:di¹xi¹
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/tiː⁵⁵siː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

DC

1. (Hong Kong,Taiwan)Short forDiscord.

Italian

Alternative forms

• D.C.

Proper noun

DCf

1. Initialism ofDemocrazia Cristiana(Christian Democracy)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˌdeˈse/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˌdeˈse/

Adverb

DC(notcomparable)

1. AD(after the birth of Christ)