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plc

/ˌpiː ˌɛl ˈsiː/

plc is the initialism of public limited company.

plc is the initialism of programmable logic controller.

Meaning of public limited company

Noun

public limited company (plural public limited companies)

  1. A publicly traded limited liability company in the United Kingdom and some other jurisdictions.

Meaning of programmable logic controller

Noun

programmable logic controller (plural programmable logic controllers)

  1. A programmable electronic device used in industrial automation to provide logic and sequencing controls for machinery.

Noun capitalized: PLC

PLC (countable and uncountable, plural PLCs)

  1. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of public limited company.
  2. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of programmable logic controller.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of packet loss concealment.
  4. (abbreviation, uncountable) Abbreviation of placebo.
  5. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of phospholipase C.
  6. (China, abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of prefecture-level city.
  7. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of power line communication.
  8. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of program-length commercial.

Proper noun capitalized: PLC

PLC

  1. (Palestinian, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Palestinian Legislative Council.

Forms of plc

pluralplcs
alternative formPLC
alternative formPlc
alternative formp.l.c.
pluralPLCs

Words formed from plc

Questions about plc

What is plc the initialism of?
Plc is the initialism of public limited company.
What part of speech is plc?
Plc can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce plc?
Plc is pronounced /ˌpiː ˌɛl ˈsiː/.
What is the plural of plc?
The plural of plc is plcs.

Words near plc in the dictionary

  1. PLB
  2. plbg.
  3. plbr.
  4. plbrs.
  5. PLBs
  6. plc
  7. PLCC
  8. PLCCs
  9. PLCP
  10. plcs
  11. PLD

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: plc (page history and authors); PLC (page history and authors); public limited company (page history and authors); programmable logic controller (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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