dc
dc is the initialism of direct current.
dc is the initialism of double crochet.
Meaning of direct current
Noun
direct current (countable and uncountable, plural direct currents, abbreviation DC)
- An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.
- A constant electric current.
Meaning of double crochet
Noun
double crochet (plural double crochets)
- a crochet stitch achieved by: yarn over, push through next loop, yarn over and pull back through, yarn over and pull through two loops, then yarn over and pull through the remaining two loops
- a single crochet
Proper noun capitalized: DC
DC
- Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
- Coleman, who previously broke quorum but did not join others in DC due to a recent leg amputation, gave the invocation Thursday, saying in part, “I pray that we, all of us look inside about where we want this world to go, this state, this House, and look at it from the perspective of trying to find...2021 August 19, Dianne Gallagher, “Texas Democrats’ effort to freeze voting bill ends”, in CNN
- Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
- Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
- Initialism of Dreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA.
- Ellipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics.
- Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; clipping of DCHP.
- Abbreviation of Discord.
Noun (1) capitalized: DC
DC (countable and uncountable, plural DCs)
- Initialism of district court.
- Initialism of direct current.
- Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
- 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).2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, in Glamour
- Initialism of debit card.
- Initialism of disease control.
- Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- Initialism of defined contributions.
- Initialism of device context.
- Initialism of difficulty class.
- Initialism of disconnection/disconnect.
- I am getting huge lag spikes […] they are bad and long enough where you think it's a DC.2012 February 6, "u n risr@optonline.net IYM", “Re: Random DC to Login since patch”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet)
- Initialism of district commissioner.
- 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.2011, Emily Boyd, Carl Folke, Adapting Institutions, page 62
- Initialism of disciplinary control.
- I'd give my state pay for the next year just to be held for a few minutes without fear of being put in DC1984 February 11, M. Kathleen Humphreys, “Just To Be Held”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 29, page 4
- 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...2010 June 16, Correctional Institution Inspection Committee (Ohio), Inspection and Evaluation of the Trumbull Correctional Institute, page 50
- Initialism of distribution center.
Adverb capitalized: DC
DC
- Initialism of da capo.
- Initialism of diagonally to the center.
Adjective capitalized: DC
DC (not comparable)
Verb capitalized: DC
DC (third-person singular simple present DCs or DC's, present participle DCing or DC'ing, simple past and past participle DCd or DCed or DC'd or DC'ed)
- To become disconnected from a network.
- Since the patch I have been randomly DCing and it's at times completely game-breaking. For example,just now my Paladin was questing in Thou Needles, and I DC'd several times within a few minutes.2012 February 3, "ToolPackinMama", “Random DC to Login since patch”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet)
- Abbreviation of discontinue.
- med dc'd
Noun (2) capitalized: Dc
Dc
- Abbreviation of December.
Forms of dc
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | DCs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | DCs |
| third-person singular present | DC's |
| present participle | DCing |
| present participle | DC'ing |
| past participle | DCd |
| past | DCd |
| past participle | DCed |
| past | DCed |
| past participle | DC'd |
| past | DC'd |
| past participle | DC'ed |
| past | DC'ed |
Words formed from dc
Phrases with dc
Questions about dc
- What does dc mean?
- Dc means to become disconnected from a network.
- What is dc the initialism of?
- Dc is the initialism of direct current.
- What part of speech is dc?
- Dc can be a proper noun, a noun, an adverb or an adjective.
Words near dc in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dc (page history and authors); DC (page history and authors); Dc (page history and authors); direct current (page history and authors); double crochet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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