DC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DCs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of district court.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of direct current.
examples: text: Dr. Keith Kimberlin for example, who recently shared video in which he claimed that most sunscreen “is toxic” and “more dangerous than [sun]burning,” is a chiropractor with a doctorate of chiropractic degree (DC).
ref: 2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, in Glamour:
qualifier: degree
glosses: Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of debit card.
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
qualifier: pensions
glosses: Initialism of defined contributions.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Microsoft Windows
glosses: Initialism of device context.
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of difficulty class.
examples: text: I am getting huge lag spikes […] they are bad and long enough where you think it's a DC.
ref: 2012 February 6, "u n risr@optonline.net IYM", “Re: Random DC to Login since patch”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of disconnection.
examples: text: The DC reasoned that since it was only the ancestrals who had a problem with the incident, they should supply the bulls necessary to purify the forest.
ref: 2011, Emily Boyd, Carl Folke, Adapting Institutions, page 62:
glosses: Initialism of district commissioner.
examples: text: I'd give my state pay for the next year just to be held for a few minutes without fear of being put in DC
ref: 1984 February 11, M. Kathleen Humphreys, “Just To Be Held”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 29, page 4:
text: Disciplinary Control is a form of segregation in which inmates who have been found guilty of an institutional rule, pursuant to the Administrative Rule (AR) 5120-9-08, may be placed. Per the AR 5120-9-11, inmates can receive placement in DC for 15 days as a result of a single rule violation or a series of rule violations arising from one event. An inmate can also receive an additional 15 days for two or more unrelated violations or for any violations committed while in DC. However, no inmate shall spend more than 30 consecutive days in DC.
ref: 2010 June 16, Correctional Institution Inspection Committee (Ohio), Inspection and Evaluation of the Trumbull Correctional Institute, page 50:
qualifier: prison
glosses: Initialism of disciplinary control.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of distribution center.
Coordinate terms: topics: law-enforcement
government
word: PC
topics: law-enforcement
government
word: supt.
topics: law-enforcement
government
word: WPC
Derived terms: sense: direct current
word: AC/DC
topics: law-enforcement
government
word: WDC
Related terms: topics: law-enforcement
government
word: DCI
topics: law-enforcement
government
word: DI
topics: law-enforcement
government
word: DS