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  pc

  picocurie; picocuries.
• PC
  PC

  abbreviation

  Peace Corps.
• pc.
  pc.

  abbreviation

  piece.
• P/C
  P/C

  abbreviation

  petty cash.
• p.c.
  p.c.

  abbreviation

  (in prescriptions) after eating; after meals.
• P.C.
  P.C.

  abbreviation

  Past Commander.

pc

¹ American  

1. picocurie; picocuries.

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PC ² American  

abbreviation

1. Peace Corps.

2. personal computer.

3. player character.

4. politically correct.

5. printed circuit.

6. professional corporation.

7. pubococcygeus.

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pc. ³ American  

abbreviation

pcs plural

1. piece.

2. prices.

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P/C ⁴ American  

Or p/c

abbreviation

1. petty cash.

2. price current.

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p.c. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) after eating; after meals.

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p.c. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. percent.

2. petty cash.

3. postal card.

4. price current.

5. printed circuit.

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P.C. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. Past Commander.

2. British. Police Constable.

3. politically correct.

4. Post Commander.

5. British. Prince Consort.

6. British. Privy Council.

7. professional corporation.

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pc ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. per cent

2. postcard

3. obsolete (in prescriptions) post cibum

4. parsec

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PC ² British  

abbreviation

1. personal computer

2. Parish Council(lor)

3. Past Commander

4. (in Britain and Canada) Police Constable

5. politically correct

6. Prince Consort

7. (in Britain and Canada) Privy Council(lor)

8. (in Canada) Progressive Conservative

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P/C ³ British  

abbreviation

1. petty cash

2. price current

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p.c. Cultural  

1. An abbreviation for “p olitically c orrect.” It refers to social, political, and educational changes designed to redress historical injustices in areas such as race, gender, ethnic background, and sexual orientation: “Haven't you read the latest directive on p.c. language? Please refer to our colleagues as ‘women,’ not ‘ladies’ or ‘girls.’” The phrase and abbreviation, which also appears as PC, both debuted in the late twentieth century.

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PC Idioms  

1. Also, p.c. An abbreviation for politically correct.

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Etymology

Origin of p.c.

From Latin post cibōs

Example Sentences

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pc PC pc. p.c. P.C.

Co-host Joy Behar, also a comedian, had asked Allen about "pc culture" which she said made comedy "really hard."

From Fox News ● Nov. 26, 2019

Bill Gates promised a pc on every desktop and delivered.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2018

If we take m to be zero in this equation, then E = pc , or p = E / c .

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

He went on: “I don’t play colleges but I hear a lot of people tell me, ‘Don’t go near colleges, they’re so pc.’

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2015

The value 5⁄3 is to be considered as only a mean value, because of the inequality of pc.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

The intense demand for server CPUs and rising memory-chip prices have cut into both PC production and shipments.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

The company’s client-computing group, which includes PC CPUs, is expected to see second-quarter revenue of $8 billion, which would represent year-over-year growth of just 1.7%, according to FactSet.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Saha noted that the company had survived antitrust battles, the PC wars and the rise of the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

"Elder Scrolls 6, the sequel to Skyrim, which is one of the most popular PC games of all time, that's been in development for a decade at this point," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

We the Coalition hereby grant the PCC express permission to fully implement their PC Initiative #1 as presented in full and attached below.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

To the naked eye, the hats may be mistaken for an overturned bucket of the chain's signature 8 pc. fried chicken meal.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2023

More telling is Jobs' view that the p.c. world is "slipping away."

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2010

There's a lot about the p.c. world we'd all like to see disappear, but freedom to make our own choices is not one of them.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2010

Whether you call it p.c. or whatever, it is still a form of intimidation.

From Time Magazine Archive

It's a great way to make a statement, but at $250 a pop, being p.c. can be costly.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1911-12 it was 157,650 acres, and the interest earned was 9¾ p.c.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir

Assuming that’s the case, Neil Carbone, a trusts and estates partner at the law firm Farrell Fritz, P.C., believes that would be feasible.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

Attorneys at the James & Hoffman, P.C., law firm are arguing in their proposed class action that this mass firing constitutes a reduction-in-force action, which would require a 60-day notice.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025

The same day, Hunter Biden transferred $400,000 from Hudson West III and into the bank account of his law firm, Owasco P.C.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

The plaintiffs' counsel Seeger Weiss LLP and Douglas & London P.C. said the settlement will resolve litigation against AstraZeneca for about 11,000 claims.

From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023

With dinner about to be served, this was hardly the moment to be summoning P.C.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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