dc

¹ American  

Or d.c.

1. Electricity. direct current.

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DC ² American  

abbreviation

1. dental corps.

2. Electricity. direct current.

3. District of Columbia (approved especially for use with zip code).

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D.C. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Music. da capo.

2. Dictionary of Canadianisms.

3. Electricity. direct current.

4. District of Columbia.

5. Doctor of Chiropractic.

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D.C. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Doctor of Chiropractic

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DC ² British  

abbreviation

1. music da capo

2. Detective Constable

3. direct current Compare AC

4. district commissioner

5. Also: D.C..  District of Columbia

6. defined-contribution

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DC Scientific  

1. Abbreviation of direct current

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Example Sentences

"Focus on getting a seat to anyplace from which you can then continue travel to DC, but the first priority will be getting expeditiously out of country," he was quoted as writing.

From Barron's

Samuel Morse changed the news business forever when he electronically transmitted the results of a congressional vote in Washington, DC, to a newspaper in Baltimore across a copper wire back in 1844.

From Literature

In this divided time, the same Washington, DC, paper that named the Fox sisters’ spirit communication one of the “Wonders of the Nineteenth Century,” also ran a serialized story titled Uncle Tom’s Cabin or Life Among the Lowly.

From Literature

He was scheduled to speak in Baltimore, deliver a presentation at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, and attend meetings in Philadelphia before coming back to New York.

From Literature

While Leah stayed at home in New York, in February of 1853, Maggie, Kate, and Mother went on tour to Washington, DC.

From Literature

Related Words

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