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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.


A/C 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Air Commodore

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

AC 2 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 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Ascension Island

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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

Because ac = Δv / Δt , the acceleration is also toward the center; ac is called centripetal acceleration.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

It stood just ac ross from the cobhoust, a tumbledown shed full of stuff left there in Grandpa Dowdel’s time.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Balcarcel’s attorney, Samuel Simpson V, said Monday that he would be “very surprised” if Balcarcel Ac and Alvarado-Dubon were planning a mass shooting.

From Seattle Times Jul. 11, 2022

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

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

Ac al to diere he hit abuið þe ȝiefð þar fore his swiere.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall

The AC in my car was on the fritz and I arrived red faced and sweaty.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Americans need their AC this cold to sleep.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Gerrard would go on to make more than 700 appearances for the Reds and guide them to the 2007 Champions League final, although AC Milan would get their revenge.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

He won the Spanish Cup in 2011 and La Liga the following year before one season back at AC Milan.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

They must’ve had the AC cranked up all the way, because Sierra had to wrap her arms around herself for warmth as soon as she walked in.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

To study the process, the researchers developed a mouse model in which they could switch off the lamin A/C gene specifically in adipocytes.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

Appeared in the July 25, 2026, print edition as 'Notable & Quotable: A/C'.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

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

I mean cool both figuratively and literally since the A/C is always blasting.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2026

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The government has devised civic ac- tion programs to rebuild damaged hamlets, and anti-guerrilla patrols are often accompanied by doctors who bring free medical care to the hill people.

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

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 Donald Alexander Mackenzie

Power.—A transformer for stepping down a commercial alternating current for lighting and heating the filament and for stepping up the commercial a.c., for charging the plate of a vacuum tube oscillator.

From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins

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

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 Joseph Mazzini Wheeler

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

For Caroline D’Amore, the hook was set when Bloom said he could connect her to A.C.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2023

By 10 a.m. on the 31st the transfer of positions was complete, and Sir Horace and his gallant but war-worn A.C. withdrew to Hazebrouck.

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

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

But then, not all of those 90% of American households with a/c are affluent – not even close.

From The Guardian Aug. 11, 2019

People with no a/c had access to open windows and the wind.

From New York Times Aug. 15, 2016

Curry wrote asking what price I placed on my right to the books, and I replied demanding a full a/c of all sales up to date.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Edmund Downey

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