cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
DSP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DSPs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of digital signal processor.
examples: text: Users are most likely to come across the term “digital signal processing” (DSP) while looking for a new pair of earbuds, home theatre systems or other audio electronics products. Some might think of it as a casual term used for marketing, but DSP is a very complicated subject. Digital signal processing involves taking an audio signal (it can be any signal but in this case it's audio) and digitally manipulating it to achieve the desired result.
ref: 2022 May 19, Arghanshu Bose, “Explained: What is digital signal processing and how is it used in audio products”, in The Times of India, India, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2025:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of digital signal processing.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of digital service provider.
glosses: Initialism of demand-side platform.
IGBT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IGBTs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of insulated-gate bipolar transistor.
MOSFET
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MOSFETs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor.
Related terms: FET
JFET
nMOSFET
pMOSFET
MOV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MOVs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of metal-oxide varistor.
PCB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PCBs
Senses: examples: text: LED flexible PCB strip
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of printed circuit board.
examples: text: Another environmental factor thought to be affecting some coastal birds, although comparatively little is yet known about its extent or origin, is the presence of marine pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and toxic heavy metals.
ref: 1986, Valerie M. Thom, “Coastal habitats”, in Birds in Scotland, London: T & AD Poyser, published 2011, →ISBN, page 25:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of polychlorinated biphenyl.
topics: computing
engineering
informatics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of program control block.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of physically changeable bit.
glosses: Initialism of Pakistan Cricket Board.
PCB
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of please call back.
PTC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PTCs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Phenylthiocarbamide.
topics: education
glosses: Parent-teacher conference.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Proton therapy center.
glosses: Abbreviation of pre-trial conference.
topics: sciences
glosses: Initialism of positive temperature coefficient.
qualifier: railway
glosses: Initialism of positive train control.
Coordinate terms: sense: positive train control
english: automatic train control
translation: automatic train control
word: ATC
sense: positive train control
word: ATO
PTC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: scouting
glosses: Philmont Training Center.
topics: education
glosses: Principals' Training Center.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Pacific Telecommunications Council.
Related terms: sense: positive train control
english: centralized traffic control
translation: centralized traffic control
word: CTC
NTC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Negative Temperature Coefficient.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of National Transitional Council (in Libya or the Republic of Congo).
glosses: Initialism of National Telecommunications Commission.
NTSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of KNKT (“Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi”); Initialism of National Transportation Safety Committee; (Indonesia).
synonyms: word: KNKT
extra: (“Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi”); Initialism of National Transportation Safety Committee; (Indonesia)
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of National Television Standards Committee, federal governmental committee of the US government.
Hypernyms: sense: National Transportation Safety Committee
english: Transportation Safety Board
translation: Transportation Safety Board
word: TSB
NTSC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
antonyms: ATSC
BTSC
DTV
DVB
MTS
SDTV
PAL
SECAM
glosses: Initialism of National Television Standards Committee, a North American TV standard for analog television.
NTSC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of never twice the same color, a variant of North American TV standard for analog television, drawing attention to the standard’s shortcomings.
PAL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: păl
ipa: /pæl/
ipa: [pʰæl]
rhymes: -æl
Forms: form: PALs
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Acronym of phase alternating/alternation/alternated line (TV standard).
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of programmable array logic.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of phenylalanine ammonia lyase.
glosses: Acronym of permissive-action link.
glosses: Acronym of prisoner at large.
topics: education
glosses: Acronym of peer-assisted learning.
Coordinate terms: topics: television
broadcasting
media
word: NTSC
topics: television
broadcasting
media
word: SECAM
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: FPGA
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: PIC
topics: biochemistry
microbiology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
biology
word: PAH
topics: biochemistry
microbiology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
biology
word: Phe
topics: biochemistry
microbiology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
biology
word: PKU
Derived terms: topics: television
broadcasting
media
word: PALplus
Related terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: PLA
PAL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: păl
ipa: /pæl/
ipa: [pʰæl]
rhymes: -æl
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Police Athletic League.
glosses: Initialism of Paedophile Action for Liberation.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of Philippine Airlines, a flag carrier of the Philippines
SECAM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French SECAM.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Sequentiel Couleur à Mémoire, meaning “sequential color with memory”, a TV standard.
Related terms: NTSC
PAL
VHS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VHSes
Etymology: Initialism of Vertical Helical Scan, later reinterpreted as Video Home System.
Senses: examples: text: The curt take on VHS is that it is a dead format, a quaint and sham way to watch a movie. Regardless, to date, there are quantities of VHS titles not available on DVD, and that may never be.
ref: 2009, Jacques Boyreau, Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box, page 5:
text: There is, it turns out, much demand for these old VHS tapes, price tags notwithstanding, and despite post-2006 advancements in technology.
ref: 2021 February 20, Hannah Selinger, “Who Is Still Buying VHS Tapes?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: Betamax
VCC
Video 2000
glosses: A type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC.
Coordinate terms: word: DTR
word: VCR
word: VTR
sense: tape formats
word: CC
sense: tape formats
word: DAT
sense: tape formats
word: DCC
sense: tape formats
word: DV8
sense: tape formats
word: MicroMV
sense: tape formats
word: MiniDV
sense: tape formats
word: Video8
Derived terms: D-VHS
D-VHS-C
S-VHS
S-VHS-C
VHS-C
PWM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of pulsewidth modulation.
Y2K
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Y2k
Etymology: Abbreviated from "year 2000", with "K" standing for 1000, as in the prefix kilo- though capital K as a prefix is often used as x1024. The correct S.I. Prefix is lowercase k.
Senses: examples: text: Y2K and the technological apocalypse that never was / It is at the turn of the millennium that the anxieties around postfeminist masculinity (registered by figures such as Maximus) fused with nostalgic anxieties around technology. […] Arguably the most significant pattern to emerge in the cinema of Y2K is that of entanglement between threatened masculinity and nostalgia.
ref: 2021, Lindsay Steenberg, Are You Not Entertained?: Mapping the Gladiator Across Visual Media, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:
text: Inside are fun, Instagrammable settings that are a nod to nostalgic trends in Black culture, including an installation of a pink bedroom featuring posters of Y2K-era artists like Destiny’s Child, Brandy and Ashanti, and a stage filled with covers of Black hair magazines.
ref: 2023 February 26, DeAsia Paige, “Black hairstyles: Taking a stand against white beauty standards”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, volume 75, number 57, pages E1 and E8:
text: Things like the Tamagotchi, an inflatable coach, a Pizza Hut Book It coupon, and a desktop computer with a CD-ROM and dial-up modem noises. Isabel and Nicki Hoffman, the two new dolls (twins!) are Seattleites on the cusp of Y2K.
ref: 2023 March 5, Maura Judkis, “American Girl says ’90s are ancient history; girls agree”, in The Herald-Sun, pages 1C and 3C:
glosses: Abbreviation of year 2000.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: millennium bug
Derived terms: Y2K bug
Y2K38
Related terms: millennium bug
USB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjuː ˌɛs ˈbiː/
Senses: examples: text: New signage is being installed to enhance wayfinding and USB sockets are being added in the main concourse area and Platform 8's waiting area.
ref: 2021 October 6, “Network News: Upgrades start at Cardiff Central”, in RAIL, number 941, page 24:
text: USB-C isn’t just how many PC laptops are charged; it’s also how the Chromecast With Google TV draws power. It’s also the only USB port in any modern MacBook, and it’s used for charging and data transfer in many Samsung Galaxy phones (dating back to 2016’s infamous Galaxy Note 7).
ref: 2023 September 15, Henry T. Casey, “What is USB-C? Here’s everything you need to know”, in CNN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: trademark
glosses: Initialism of Universal Serial Bus; a serial bus standard for connecting devices.
examples: text: Squeri also said during a conference call with analysts Friday morning that AmEx is holding up well despite increased competition from technology companies like Square (SQ) and Venmo owner PayPal (PYPL) as well as traditional card issuers such as Capital One (COF) and US Bancorp (USB).
ref: 2021 July 23, Paul R. La Monica, “American Express is the Dow’s top stock for 2021. Here’s why”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Initialism of US Bancorp.
Derived terms: USB adapter
USB cell
USB condom
USB core
USB data blocker
USB hub
USB key
USB killer
USB modem
USB phone
USB port
USB printer
USB stick
USB switch
USB token
USB toy
USB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjuː ˌɛs ˈbiː/
Forms: form: USBs
Senses: examples: text: Helps you to keep your desk clear from small things like pens, rulers, mobile phone and USBs.
ref: 2015, “RISSLA Desk organizer, black $12.99”, in Ikea Canada Catalog, retrieved 18 Apr 2015:
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: trademark
glosses: A USB flash drive.
topics: aerospace
business
communication
communications
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of unified S-band (a communication system used for the Apollo program).
topics: communication
communications
glosses: Initialism of upper sideband.
AFC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: We’ve already had north of 50 million watch the AFC and NFC Championship games at their peak.
ref: 2022 February 12, Harry Enten, “Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams: The unluckiest sports teams and other Super Bowl musings”, in CNN:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of American Football Conference.
qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: Initialism of Adelaide Football Club.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Application Foundation Classes.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of additional finance charges.
topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: Automatic Frequency Control (radio & TV technics)
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Asian Football Confederation.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Arsenal Football Club.
AFC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AFCs
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of automated fare collection (“system which regulates the collection of fares from passengers”).
glosses: Initialism of adult foster care.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Association Football Club.
examples: text: I've successfully transformed myself from an AFC (Average Frustrated Chump) into an RAFC (Recovering Average Frustrated Chump).
ref: 2008, Zander Martin, The Players, →ISBN, page xxxvi:
text: Most AFCs, most guys looking in from the outside, can relate to the idea of what an average frustrated chump is – they can identify with it.
ref: 2011 September 13, Rollo Tomassi, “Average Frustrated Chump”, in The Rational Male:
text: My problem was the same as every other average frustrated chump (AFC).
ref: 2015, Trina Boice, Base Hits and Home Run Relationships: What Women Wish Guys Knew, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
seduction-community
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of average frustrated chump.
Derived terms: AFCdom
AFChick
AFCness
AGC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
radio-technics
glosses: Initialism of automatic gain control.
AGC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Attorney Grievance Commission.
glosses: Initialism of Associated General Contractors.
RF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RFs
Etymology: Various etymologies.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of right foot.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Initialism of rangefinder.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of radio frequency.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of rheumatoid factor.
examples: text: If battalion staff were involved, we generally called the insertion an RF, Romeo Foxtrot, or Rat Fuck.
ref: 1997, Chuck Carlock, Firebirds: A Harrowing Firsthand Account of Helicopter Combat in Vietnam, Bantam, →ISBN, page 300:
text: Thinking they actually were supporting the demonstrators, I went up to them and asked why. “No, we're not supporting them. This is just an RF (short for “Rat Fuck”). We're keeping the money," they told me, laughing.
ref: 2003, Guy T. Saperstein, Civil Warrior: Memoirs of a Civil Rights Attorney:
topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of ratfuck (“dirty rick or act of sabotage or interference”).
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of right field or right fielder.
topics: arts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
natural-sciences
optics
photography
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: imaging
glosses: Abbreviation of radiance field.
Coordinate terms: sense: radiance field
alt: LF
word: light field
Derived terms: sense: radiance field
word: MoRF
sense: radiance field
word: NeRF
RF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Various etymologies.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Russian Federation.
Related terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: HF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: VHF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: UHF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: SHF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: LF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: VLF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: ELF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: LW
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: MW
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: SW
RF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Combination of prefix F and prefix modifier R
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: reconnaissance fighter; an unarmed fighter modified for photo-reconnaissance (prefix)
Derived terms: RF-111C
RF-100A
RF-4E
Related terms: FB
F/A
QF
YF
XF
RB
RA
RQ
TR
SR
VCO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of voltage controlled oscillator.
topics: communication
communications
glosses: Initialism of Voice Carry Over, a service that relays voice communication to the deaf.
WC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdʌbəlju ˈsiː/
Forms: form: WCs
form: w.c.
Senses: examples: text: In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter book.
ref: 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 54:
synonyms: word: big white telephone
word: bog
word: can
word: commode
word: crapper
word: crapper trapper
word: donniker
word: dunny
word: head
word: highway to hell
word: jacks
word: jakes
word: john
word: khazi
word: latrine
word: lav
word: pisser
word: pooper
word: porcelain god
word: porcelain goddess
word: pot
word: potty
word: privy
word: Quincy
word: shitcan
word: shitpot
word: shitter
word: stool
word: throne
word: toilet
word: toot
word: bathroom
word: latrine
word: necessarium
word: toilet
word: toilet room
word: urinal
word: water closet
word: WC
word: cloaca
word: closet
word: jacques
word: kocay
word: siege
word: cludgie
word: neddy
word: netty
word: shield
word: six
word: facilities
word: ladies and gentlemen
word: lavatory
word: lavabo
word: necessary
word: necessary room
word: office
word: office of ease
word: place
word: potty
word: privy
word: small room
word: smallest room
word: throne room
word: cottage
word: geography
word: House of Lords
word: khazi
word: usual offices
word: restroom
word: teahouse
word: tearoom
word: washroom
raw_tags: used in Canada
word: closet of decency
word: closet of ease
word: house of office
word: necessary place
word: purging place
word: vault
word: withdraught
word: wardrobe
word: shitter
word: urination station
word: bog
word: carsey
word: crapper
word: karzy
word: lats
word: lav
word: lavvy
word: loo
word: thunderbox
raw_tags: in Australia
word: can
word: john
word: johnny
word: bogger
word: brasco
word: dike
raw_tags: in New Zealand
word: dunny
raw_tags: in New Zealand
word: jacks
word: jakes
glosses: Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet.
qualifier: proofreading
glosses: Initialism of word choice.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: WDC
WEC
WRC
glosses: Abbreviation of world championship.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: HWC
WCH
WHC
glosses: Abbreviation of world cup.
glosses: Initialism of white couple.
raw_tags: in personal ads
qualifier: strategy gaming
glosses: Initialism of world conquest.
Celt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɛlt/
ipa: /sɛlt/
rhymes: -ɛlt
Forms: form: Celts
Etymology: From Latin Celtae (singular Celta) from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí).
English Celts is from the 17th century. Until the mid 19th century, /sɛlt/ is the only recorded pronunciation. A consciously archaizing pronunciation /kɛlt/ was advocated during Irish and Welsh nationalism beginning in the 1850s.
Senses: synonyms: word: Keltoi
glosses: A member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe called Celtae by the Romans.
coordinate_terms: Gael
glosses: A member of any of the (modern, Celtic) peoples who speak Celtic languages.
Derived terms: Anglo-Celt
Related terms: Celtic
Celt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɛlt/
ipa: /sɛlt/
rhymes: -ɛlt
Forms: form: more Celt
form: most Celt
Etymology: From Latin Celtae (singular Celta) from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí).
English Celts is from the 17th century. Until the mid 19th century, /sɛlt/ is the only recorded pronunciation. A consciously archaizing pronunciation /kɛlt/ was advocated during Irish and Welsh nationalism beginning in the 1850s.
Senses: examples: text: In the thick of parties we become very Celt, disgusting the dull.
ref: 1972 spring–summer, John Tripp, “Anglo-Welsh Testimony”, in Transatlantic Review, number 42/43, →ISSN, page 89:
text: Like Pris, he took after their mother, more Celt than English, wild and dramatic and mercurially alive.
ref: 2006, Stephanie Laurens, What Price Love?, London: Piatkus, Little, Brown Book Group, published 2011, →ISBN, page 5:
text: But his bitch queen was Saxon to the bone and her legacy showed in the sons that Vortigern bred off her. Katigern Minor might be young, but he has become what his grandfather never was – more Saxon than Celt.
ref: 2009, M. K. Hume, King Arthur: Dragon’s Child, London: Headline Review, →ISBN, page 340:
text: She answered with a smile and a nod. The woman was more Celt than Arienh had thought, and had clearly been deprived of women too long.
ref: 2010, Delle Jacobs, Loki’s Daughters, Las Vegas, Nev.: Montlake Romance, →ISBN, page 159:
glosses: Synonym of Celtic.
synonyms: word: Celtic
IC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: I. C.
form: I.C.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Index Catalogue (part of the NGC survey of J.L.E. Dreyer’s update to the Herschel General Catalogue).
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of interstitial cystitis (a type of chronic pain that affects the urinary bladder).
glosses: Initialism of Iligan City.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Intelligence Community.
topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of Integrated Coach (a school bus manufacturer).
IC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ICs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of independent contractor.
glosses: Initialism of irreducible complexity.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of intercalation compound.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of ion chromatography.
examples: text: While in a bumping operation, there are more than 100 process steps compared with traditional IC packaging operations, ASE strategically planned and deployed 4IR technologies across its operations to streamline the manufacturing processes and optimize production, the company said.
ref: 2023 January 14, Han Ting-ting, Frances Huang, “ASE's plant in Kaohsiung selected as WEF 'lighthouse factory'”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2023, Science & Tech:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
hypernyms: circuit#Noun
coordinate_terms: HIC
glosses: Initialism of integrated circuit.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of intensive care.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of immune complex.
glosses: Initialism of identity card.
glosses: Initialism of individual contributor.
glosses: Initialism of incel.
glosses: Initialism of intermittent catheterization.
glosses: Initialism of integrity constraint.
glosses: Initialism of incident commander.
IC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pseudo-acronym of icy.
glosses: Initialism of in charge.
glosses: Initialism of in command.
topics: lifestyle
antonyms: OC
OOC
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of in character.
glosses: Initialism of intracloud.
IC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Pseudo-acronym of I see.
Derived terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: VHSIC
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: HSIC
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: ASIC
Related terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: chip
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: discrete component
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: solid-state
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: SSI
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: MSI
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: LSI
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: VLSI
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: ULSI
DUT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of device under test.
PLL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PLLs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of phase-locked loop.
topics: Rubik's-Cube
games
glosses: Initialism of permutation of the last layer; after OLL, the rearrangement of the last layer of cubies so that they are in their right places.
Related terms: DPLL
ADPLL
OLL
RISC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭsk
ipa: /ɹɪsk/
rhymes: -ɪsk
homophone: risk
Forms: form: RISCs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: CISC
glosses: Acronym of reduced instruction set computer.
CISC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭsk
ipa: /sɪsk/
rhymes: -ɪsk
Forms: form: CISCs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: RISC
glosses: Acronym of complex instruction set computer.
Celtic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: kĕlʹtĭk
enpr: sĕlʹtĭk
ipa: /ˈkɛltɪk/
note: dated outside sports
ipa: /ˈsɛltɪk/
rhymes: -ɛltɪk
Forms: form: Celtics
form: Keltic
Etymology: Borrowed from French celtique or Latin celticus, equivalent to Celt + -ic. First attested in the 17th century.
Senses: glosses: A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over Western and Central Europe in the pre-Christian era.
glosses: Any of several sports teams. See Wikipedia for a list.
examples: text: After the draft, Brown became a Celtic for six years.
glosses: A player for any of several teams named the Celtics.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Celtic F.C., a football club from Glasgow, Scotland.
Derived terms: Anglo-Celtic
Celticist
Italo-Celtic
Proto-Celtic
Proto-Italo-Celtic
Celtic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kĕlʹtĭk
enpr: sĕlʹtĭk
ipa: /ˈkɛltɪk/
note: dated outside sports
ipa: /ˈsɛltɪk/
rhymes: -ɛltɪk
Forms: form: more Celtic
form: most Celtic
form: Keltic
Etymology: Borrowed from French celtique or Latin celticus, equivalent to Celt + -ic. First attested in the 17th century.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Celts.
examples: text: Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].
ref: 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xii:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of the languages spoken by Celts.
Derived terms: Anglo-Celtic
Celtic knot
Celticness
Celtic punk
Celtic rock
Celtic Sea
Related terms: Celt
gulag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡuːlɑɡ/
ipa: /-læɡ/
ipa: /ɡuːˈlɑk/
ipa: /ˈɡuˌlɑɡ/
ipa: /-ˌlæɡ/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːk
Forms: form: gulags
form: Gulag
form: GULAG
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ГУЛА́Г (GULÁG), the acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й (Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítelʹno-trudovýx lageréj, “Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps”), the government agency in charge of the Soviet Union’s network of forced labour camps, which was established in 1918 and formally abolished in 1960: see GULAG.
Senses: examples: text: One important difference between the GULAG system and the Nazi concentration camps was that a person sentenced to five years of hard labor in a Soviet labor camp could expect, assuming he or she survived, to be released at the end of the sentence.
ref: [2006?], David Hosford, Pamela Kachurin, Thomas Lamont, “Day 1 Content Essay: The Establishment and Scope of the GULAG System”, in GULAG: Soviet Prison Camps and Their Legacy […], [U.S.A.]: National Park Service; Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2021, page 7, column 1:
glosses: Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).
examples: text: Nevertheless, the Trump administration has continued to insist that Abrego Garcia is a dangerous gang member in order to justify sending him to an overseas Gulag that has been accused of torturing inmates.
ref: 2025 April 10, Adam Serwer, “The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic:
text: The subtext of Knowles’s tweet was also clear: [Nayib] Bukele has partnered with the Trump administration to hold immigrants deported from America, with no due process, in El Salvador’s most notorious gulag.
ref: 2025 June 14, Christopher Mathias, “JD Vance threatened to deport him. The ‘menswear guy’ is posting through it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A prison camp, especially one used to hold political prisoners.
glosses: A place where, or political system in which, people with dissident views are routinely oppressed.
Derived terms: gulaglike
baseball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/
ipa: /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/
ipa: /ˈbeɪs.bɑl/
Forms: form: baseballs
form: base ball
form: base-ball
Etymology: From base + ball.
Senses: examples: text: It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books.
ref: 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
text: “Your father was the best baseball player anyone had ever seen.” Excited but halting, her voice ran on past all obstacles. “We watched him play shortstop, and my father said he was the best, and my brothers too. The Cardinals sent a man down to talk to him about one of their teams.” Like an ancient marineress, she would not let go. She meant the St. Louis Cardinals’ farm teams.
ref: 2016, Mike Westphal, Cloud of Expectation; Book One: The In America Series, Xlibris, →ISBN:
glosses: A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
examples: text: The reason we have for so long been unaware that the universe evolves probabilistically is that for the relatively large, everyday objects we typically encounter -- baseballs, flowerpots, the Moon -- quantum mechanics shows that the probabilities become highly skewed, hugely favoring one outcome and effectively suppressing all others.
ref: 2005 April 8, Brian Greene, “One Hundred Years of Uncertainty”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
glosses: A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.
Derived terms: antibaseball
baseball Annie
baseball bat
baseball cap
baseball card
baseball diamond
baseballdom
baseballer
baseballese
baseball field
baseball game
baseball glove
baseball hat
baseballing
baseballist
baseball mitt
baseball plant
baseball player
baseball rule
baseball stadium
baseball uniform
basebrawl
British baseball
fantasy baseball
indoor baseball
inside baseball
inside-baseball
insider baseball
nonbaseball
organized baseball
rotisserie baseball
scrub baseball
Welsh baseball
Related terms: rounders
softball
wiffleball
rhythmic gesture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhythmic gestures
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A durational pattern which does not occupy a whole number of pulses on an underlying metric level.
Related terms: rhythm
inning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪnɪŋ
Forms: form: innings
Etymology: Back-formation from innings, mistaken to be plural of the time period, not the entries of the batters/batsmen.
Senses: examples: text: It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
examples: text: We batted around in our half of the inning.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: A similar period of play.
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
examples: text: We are in just the second inning of our quest to enter this new market.
glosses: A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
examples: text: […] for the mowing, reaping, shering, getting or inning of corne, […]
ref: 1563, Richarde Jugge, Anno Quinto Reginae Elizabethe:
glosses: The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
examples: text: One of the earliest ‘innings’ of Walland Marsh, after the Norman Conquest,‥has been ever since called Becket's Innings, as this Archbishop has the credit of promoting it.
ref: 1880, Archaeologia Cantiana:
glosses: Lands recovered from the sea.
Derived terms: extra inning
ninth-inning
seventh inning stretch
Related terms: topics: baseball
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
sense: top
word: first half of an inning
topics: baseball
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
sense: bottom
word: second half of an inning
inning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪnɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inn
softball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softballs
Etymology: 1926: soft + ball. Compare hardball.
Senses: examples: text: This will give you someone with whom you can trade softball complaints, which any veteran game-goer will tell you is the key to a good time.
ref: 1996, Andrew Heller, Come Heller High Water, →ISBN, page 55:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The ball used to play the sport.
examples: text: Each man got his share of softballs on Friday night. But for 90 minutes in a dressed-up basketball arena at Washington University, the two candidates were also forced to address the kind of questions they get rarely if ever on the campaign trail: from voters who doubted them and maybe did not even like them very much.
ref: 2004 September 10, James Bennett, “In a Disguised Gym, Softballs and Political Drama”, in The New York Times:
qualifier: by analogy
glosses: A question designed to be easy to answer.
Synonyms: diamond ball
indoor baseball
kittenball
mush ball
playground ball
pumpkin ball
town ball
Hypernyms: sense: ball
word: ball
sense: sport
word: sport
Coordinate terms: baseball
cricket
hardball
rounders
town ball
towne ball
rounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊ̯nd.ə(ɹ)z/
rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)z
Etymology: From round + -er + -s, presumably for the circuit that batters make around the field.
Senses: glosses: A team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. It is similar to softball and baseball.
rounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊ̯nd.ə(ɹ)z/
rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of rounder
tonne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʌn/
ipa: /tʊn/
ipa: /tɒn/
ipa: /tʌniː/
enpr: tŭn
enpr: to͝on
enpr: tŏn
enpr: tŭnē
ipa: /tʌn/
enpr: tŭn
homophone: ton
homophone: tun
homophone: tunny
rhymes: -ʌn
rhymes: -ʊn
rhymes: -ɒn
Forms: form: tonnes
form: t
Etymology: From French tonne. Doublet of ton and tun.
Senses: examples: text: Although loads of up to 900 tonnes could be handled by one of these locomotives, in practice the load is limited to 790 tonnes by drawgear.
ref: 1961 February, “Letters to the Editor: Swiss railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 126:
text: The metric ton or 'tonne' is accepted as a synonym for the megagramme, and this form Is to be preferred on the grounds of brevity and familiarity in the industry. It may be as well to use the pronunciation 'tunnie' until the risk of confusion with the old ton has passed.
ref: 1971, Transactions of the Royal Institute of Naval Arcihtects, volume 113, page 215:
text: The British Steel Corporation, going metric but realising the possible confusion between a ton and a tonne (1,000 kilograms) has directed its staff to pronounce ‘tonne’ ‘tunnie’.
ref: 1972 May, Which:
text: The tonne rhymes with con (perhaps not in North America!) to distinguish it from the non-SI unit of weight, the ton rhyming with bun.
ref: 2002, Richard Chapman, Physics for Geologists, CRC Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 138:
related: word: mul:T
word: mul:t
synonyms: metric ton
megagram
mul:Mg
qualifier: chiefly outside US
glosses: A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms.
Derived terms: meter-tonne-second
metric level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metric levels
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The pulses in a metric structure.
Related terms: beat level
division level
multiple level
division level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: division levels
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A metric level faster than the beat level of a piece of music.
Related terms: metric structure
multiple level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiple levels
Senses: glosses: A metric level with pulses slower than the beat level.
Related terms: metric structure
intrametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + metric.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Confirming the pulses on (i.e. pattern of) the metric level.
Related terms: metric
contrametric
extrametric
contrametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From contra- + metric.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Not following the beat or meter.
Synonyms: syncopated
Related terms: metric
extrametric
intrametric
extrametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + metric.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of a rhythm which is irregular, (which is) outside of the metric structure of the surrounding composition.
glosses: Which is outside of the metre of a line or poem.
raw_tags: of a syllable or line
Derived terms: extrametrically
Related terms: metric
contrametric
intrametric
metric ton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metric tons
form: MT
Senses: examples: text: One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
text: Scientists and engineers are developing big machines to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but the technology sucks up a lot of energy and money as well — as much as $1,000 per metric ton of captured CO₂. A team led by chemists at the University of California, Berkeley, has created a yellow powder that might boost this field by absorbing CO₂ much more efficiently.
ref: 2025, “Advances: Environment. Carbon Scrubber. An exotic powder pulls CO₂ from the air at record speed”, in Scientific American, volume 332, number 2 (February), page 14:
synonyms: tonne
ton
;
mul:T
mul:t
;
megagram
mul:Mg
millier
hypernyms: ton#Noun
coordinate_terms: long ton
short ton
measurement ton
register ton
glosses: A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
Derived terms: metric fuckton
Related terms: metric shitload
syncopated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsinkə(ʊ)ˌpeɪtəd/
Forms: form: more syncopated
form: most syncopated
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: of a word, shortened by syncope
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: of a rhythm, modified by syncopation
syncopated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsinkə(ʊ)ˌpeɪtəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of syncopate
syncopation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪŋ.kəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: syncopations
Etymology: From syncopate + -ion. The phonological sense was first attested in English in the 1530's, the musical sense in the 1590's.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter.
Derived terms: syncopational
syncopationally
Related terms: syncope
pink-collar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪŋk ˈkɒlə/
ipa: /ˈpɪŋk ˌkɑlɚ/
ipa: /ˌkɒ-/
Forms: form: more pink-collar
form: most pink-collar
form: pink collar
Etymology: From pink + collar.
By analogy with various constructions ending in the word collar, especially blue-collar, and from the traditional conception of pink as a feminine color (with blue its masculine counterpart), a conception perhaps magnified in this case by the sometime popularity of pink blouses among women in the service industry.
Senses: examples: text: Black men have tended to congregate in laborers' jobs and certain service occupations, young workers in trade and such service enterprises as gas stations (to a lesser extent also in laborers' jobs), and women in the so-called "pink collar" occupations in trade, the services, and clerical work in all industrial sectors.
ref: 1977, Glenn Siebert, Employment Service Potential: Indicators of Labor Market Activity, Sacramento, Calif.: Employment Research Section, California Employment Development Department, →OCLC, page 115:
text: Good examples of employees under hidden stress are the nation's pink-collar workers. This group includes secretaries, clerks, data processors, telephone operators, and others.
ref: 1992, Emrika Padus, The Complete Guide to Your Emotions and Your Health: Hundreds of Proven Techniques to Harmonize Mind & Body for Happy, Healthy Living, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, →ISBN, page 210:
text: These days, girls and women of all ages are still reading them, particularly the blue collar or pink collar workers or wives of blue collar workers.
ref: 2003, Peggy Fielding, Confessing for Money, Denton, Tx.: AWOC.COM, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: Of or pertaining to employees in predominantly female service industries.
wikipedia: Wacoal
Related terms: white-collar
blue-collar