ac
abbreviation
acre; acres.
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Ac
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American
Symbol, Chemistry.
AC
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American
abbreviation
Electricity.
A/C
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American
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/ ˈeɪˈsi /
Also
AC,
or
a/c
abbreviation
A/C
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American
Or
a/c
ac-
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American
-ac
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American
a.c.
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abbreviation
A.C.
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American
abbreviation
A.C.
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American
abbreviation
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Army Corps.
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Athletic Club.
a.c.
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British
abbreviation
AC
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British
abbreviation
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alternating current Compare DC
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ante Christum
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Air Corps
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athletic club
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Companion of the Order of Australia
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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
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Aelodau'r Cynulliad: Member of the Assembly (that is, the National Assembly of Wales)
ac
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British
abbreviation
A/C
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British
abbreviation
a/c
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British
abbreviation
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account
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account current
Ac
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British
symbol
AC
Scientific
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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He told her to "put 120£ in this ac… please thank u baby".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
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
Centripetal acceleration ac is the acceleration experienced while in uniform circular motion.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Ngawang Doka replied in clear, sparkling English that carried a hint of a Canadian ac cent.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
An agent from Homeland Security Investigations determined that both men are in the U.S. illegally and that Balcarcel Ac has had two previous deportations, the affidavit states.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
The affidavit was used to obtain a warrant to search a home in Richmond where Balcarcel Ac lived with a second man who was also arrested in connection with the alleged plot, Julio Alvarado-Dubon, 52.
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 hyra ār is mǣst 10 on þǣm gafole þe ðā Finnas him gyldað.
From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith
A broken car AC and soaring L.A. summer temperatures sent one writer on a search for cooling remedies and tonics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Until last weekend's defeat by AC Milan in Poland, no-one was questioning the fitness of Carrick's squad and six of his starting line-up returned to training on 9 July.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
AC Milan's win against United, however, may have provided clues as to how teams might counteract Carrick's defensive set-up - notably with the use of a 5-2-3 formation.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Appeared in the August 19, 2026, print edition as 'The Economic Case for European AC'.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“They cut off the AC in here for a reason.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Older APOE2 knock-in mice had smaller nucleoli, higher levels of the nuclear scaffolding protein Lamin A/C, and better-preserved heterochromatin in the hippocampus than mice carrying APOE3 or APOE4.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 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
She is all that is artistic without being vulgar and is the one ac- tress today who can wink without being suggestive.
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
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
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
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
His gardening business began by accident in 1979, when he began volunteering at the A.C.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
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 company was born in the garage of A.C.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Sir Horace was for the moment an A.C. commander without an A.C., the remnants of his six heroic brigades being scattered here and there along the whole front.
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
The a/c is just about coping but I am dreading the operating list this afternoon.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2019
People with no a/c had access to open windows and the wind.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2016
Was two hours late getting in to Chicago on a/c freight wreck and missed seeing Kuhner his sister's daughter gets married and Kuhner goes to the wedding.
From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Montague Glass
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