dc
direct current.
dc
1 American
Or
d.c.
DC
2
American
abbreviation
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dental corps.
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Electricity. direct current.
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District of Columbia (approved especially for use with zip code).
D.C.
3
American
abbreviation
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Music. da capo.
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Dictionary of Canadianisms.
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Electricity. direct current.
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Doctor of Chiropractic.
D.C.
1
British
abbreviation
DC
2
British
abbreviation
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music da capo
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Detective Constable
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direct current Compare AC
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district commissioner
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Also: D.C.. District of Columbia
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defined-contribution
DC
Scientific
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Nvidia is hosting its GTC event in Washington, D.C from Monday to Wednesday this week.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
The D.C Superior Court judge in the case let the duo off with probation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
The chain plans to open 21 new stores across a dozen states and Washington, D.C, this year, the company said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
Dublin rock band Fontaines D.C said they were "buzzing" to win best international group.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
On paper, "A" D.C was seventy-two strong, which, with my fifty, makes 122: but in fact, of these 122, twenty-five are sick and sixteen detached permanently for duties at headquarters and so on, leaving eighty-one.
From Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years by Palmer, Robert Stafford Arthur
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