Ac

¹

abbreviation

Chemistry.

1. acetate.

2. acetyl.

A/C

²

Also AC,
Or a/c

[ey-see]

abbreviation

1. air conditioning.

A.C.

³

abbreviation

1. before Christ.

Ac

⁴

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. actinium.

A/C

⁵

Or a/c

abbreviation

Bookkeeping.

1. account.

2. account current.

A.C.

⁶

abbreviation

1. Army Corps.

2. Athletic Club.

ac

⁷

abbreviation

1. acre; acres.

AC

⁸

abbreviation

Electricity.

1. alternating current.

ac-

⁹

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

-ac

¹⁰

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

a.c.

¹¹

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) before meals.

AC

¹

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)

Ac

²

symbol

1. actinium

ac

³

abbreviation

1. Ascension Island

a/c

⁴

abbreviation

1. account

2. account current

A/C

⁵

abbreviation

1. Air Commodore

a.c.

⁶

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) ante cibum

AC

1. Abbreviation of alternating current

Word History and Origins

Origin of AC¹

From Latin ante Christum

Origin of AC²

From Latin -acus, from Greek -akos

Origin of AC³

From Latin ante cibum

Word History and Origins

Origin of AC¹

(for sense 2) Latin: before Christ

Origin of AC²

Latin: before meals

Example Sentences

His tally of three goals has only been bettered by AC Milan's Christian Pulisic and Bologna's Riccardo Orsolini, who have four, and only a handful of midfield players have registered more shots on target.

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It’s a reasonable question, though, countered with a reasonable thesis: That Berlusconi’s incredible success as a politician, one seemingly immune to every form of scandal and sundry accusations of corruption, was rooted in his success as owner of AC Milan.

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This was a man who had 74 caps for the Netherlands, won multiple trophies with Ajax, Juventus and Inter Milan, and also played for AC Milan, Barcelona and Tottenham before briefly coming out of retirement with Crystal Palace in 2010.

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Serie A chief executive Luigi de Siervo said Adrien Rabiot should "respect his employer" after the AC Milan midfielder criticised plans for overseas league matches.

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He played a career-high 3,650 minutes for AC Milan last season and appeared in 118 games for club and country in the previous 22 months.

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