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ac

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. acre; acres.


Ac 2 American  

abbreviation

Chemistry.
  1. acetate.

  2. acetyl.


Ac 3 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. actinium.


AC 4 American  

abbreviation

Electricity.
  1. alternating current.


A/C 5 American  
[ey-see] / ˈeɪˈsi /
Also AC, or a/c

abbreviation

  1. air conditioning.


A/C 6 American  
Or a/c

abbreviation

Bookkeeping.
  1. account.

  2. account current.


ac- 7 American  
  1. variant of ad- before c and qu: accede; acquire.


-ac 8 American  
  1. variant of -ic after Greek noun stems ending in i: cardiac; maniac.


a.c. 9 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) before meals.


A.C. 10 American  

abbreviation

  1. before Christ.


A.C. 11 American  

abbreviation

  1. Army Corps.

  2. Athletic Club.


AC 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. alternating current Compare DC

  2. ante Christum

  3. Air Corps

  4. athletic club

  5. Companion of the Order of Australia

  6. appellation d'origine contrôlée: the highest French wine classification; indicates that the wine meets strict requirements concerning area of production, strength, etc See VDQS vin de pays vin de table

  7. Aelodau'r Cynulliad: Member of the Assembly (that is, the National Assembly of Wales)

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ac 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Ascension Island

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A/C 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Air Commodore

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a.c. 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) ante cibum

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a/c 5 British  

abbreviation

  1. account

  2. account current

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Ac 6 British  

symbol

  1. actinium

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AC Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of alternating current


Etymology

Origin of -ac8

From Latin -acus, from Greek -akos

Origin of a.c.9

From Latin ante cibum

Origin of A.C.10

From Latin ante Christum

Example Sentences

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Our Welsh language friends can start listening to the big match build-up now by using the Carl ac Alun link above.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2024

He was a very well-known, established character ac even before "I Love Lucy."

From Fox News Jun. 5, 2021

Comparing not having A/C to 100 years ago when there was no ac is not a fair comparison.

From New York Times Aug. 15, 2016

Thus, at and ac are perpendicular and independent of one another.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Ngawang Doka replied in clear, sparkling English that carried a hint of a Canadian ac cent.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Both men are being held in local jails, Balcarcel Ac in Charlottesville and Alvarado-Dubon in Richmond.

From Seattle Times Jul. 8, 2022

An agent from Homeland Security Investigations determined that both men are in the U.S. illegally and that Balcarcel Ac has had two previous deportations, the affidavit states.

From Seattle Times Jul. 8, 2022

Even to copy a relatively short paper, “Proc Nat Ac Sci”—“Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”—could take the better part of an hour.

From The New Yorker Jan. 6, 2020

Actinium, Ac, is the first member of the fourth transition series, which also includes Rf through Rg.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

When the abbot seeth them flee, That he holds for much glee, Ac natheless, all there among, He biddeth them light to evesong.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

If his beloved Inter Milan won the Italian championship and rival AC Milan failed to qualify for the European Champions League, he would go on a religious pilgrimage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

Buckley is considering buying a permanent AC to supplement the portable model he has been trundling between rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The 26-year-old joined Newcastle from AC Milan for £55m in July 2023.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

"It was 42-45 degrees in India when we left but everywhere there is AC," said Rajasekhar, on a two-week trip to Europe with his wife and their two teenage children.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

It seemed so real that I could even feel the AC blowing in the church.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

Ferrari reveals its new EV, the UN shares an alternative metric to GDP, and Europe won’t embrace A/C despite deadly heatwaves.

From Slate May 30, 2026

And the maximum possible efficiency of SMACool is still lower than that of conventional air conditioning, although the aim is to beat the energy efficiency of A/C.

From BBC May 19, 2025

If what comes out when we look at the A/C circles entails the representation of the form of the conclusion, BOOM, the argument is valid.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2024

“The A/C here wasn’t cutting it for a really long time,” Shaw said, citing temperatures above 100 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2023

Roy waited inside for a while, but without A/C it was unbearably hot and sticky.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Still, with the prices of many commodities climbing, the companies couldn’t ac- commodate price shocks, so they often  wound  up hiring banks to hedge their vulnerability to volatile product markets.

From MSNBC Jun. 4, 2014

“I suppose the problem at the moment is that we don’t have a one- to-one mapping, because even our best theories aren’t completely ac- curate,” Ladyman said.

From Scientific American Jan. 31, 2014

She is all that is artistic without being vulgar and is the one ac- tress today who can wink without being suggestive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Very democratic, proud of being a plain American, she likes people, is always ac- cessible to strangers.

From Time Magazine Archive

NOTE.—The forms ac-, af-, etc., are euphonic variations of ad-, and follow generally the rule that the final consonant of the prefix assimilates to the initial letter of the root.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

NOTE.—The suffix -ac is found only in Latin derivatives of Greek origin.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

A new report finds that about 3% of autos--high- and low-end models--have fungi and bacteria breeding in the moisture that collects on the a.c.

From Time Magazine Archive

These writings are said to date from about 97 to 150 a.c.

From Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels by Wheeler, Joseph Mazzini

The 60 h.p. has parallel a.c. cylinders, the other two are radial w.c.

From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 by Various

It turned out that all electricity here was d.c., conjured up by commanding the electrons in a wire to move in one direction, and completely useless with a.c. motors.

From The Sky Is Falling by Del Rey, Lester

In the third century a.c. he composed in Greek a history of his native land, which has perished.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

Other historical Pasadena figures in the book include the bookseller A.C.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

But the filmmaking team is fairly confident it belongs to Irvine, due to the sock found inside the boot being embroidered with the words "A.C. Irvine".

From BBC Oct. 11, 2024

The Hare Krishna movement evolved from a 16th-century Indian tradition, and exploded as a worldwide phenomenon when a charismatic Hindu guru known as A.C.

From New York Times May 22, 2024

The company was born in the garage of A.C.

From Seattle Times Apr. 22, 2024

At five o'clock on the morning of the 9th the 2nd A.C. started out for the Marne.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.

Chris Coucheron-Aamot, a guest at the Sandals resort, wrote on Facebook that the cause of the episode “may have been a fault with the a/c in the unit, causing a toxic coolant leak.”

From Seattle Times May 9, 2022

During this meeting, Spencer noted some 30 claims which he attributes to Bashir, including Jephson's alleged plots against her: "Jephson - dangerous: money. Left offshore a/c in March 1994".

From BBC May 20, 2021

The a/c is just about coping but I am dreading the operating list this afternoon.

From The Guardian Jul. 24, 2019

Maybe it's possible shutting down subway a/c would make it a few degrees cooler.

From New York Times Aug. 21, 2016

Sales have been slow here on a/c weather is very hot.

From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Glass, Montague

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