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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

He sleeps, eats, spends a lot of time watching movies, uses my PC, and reads at my place.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Although the PC chip entry was the splashiest announcement at Computex for Nvidia, it is an unproven market.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

PC sales are still below their Covid-era peak five years ago, and AI PC offerings from Dell, Lenovo, HP and other leading PC-makers haven’t generated a ton of excitement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Amid a memory shortage, it could hardly be a worse moment to be launching a new PC platform.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

‘Abu had to go out and get a PC and a dial-up modem. The skeptics all said, ‘It takes people a long time to change their habits and learn a new technology.’

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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