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psc

psc is the abbreviation of parsec.

psc is the abbreviation of parallax second.

Meaning of parsec

Noun

parsec (plural parsecs)

  1. Syllabic abbreviation of parallax second.
    • Han Solo: Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?
      Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi: Should I have?
      Han Solo: It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. I've outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers mind you, I'm talking about the big Corellian ships now....1977, Star Wars, spoken by Han Solo and Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi (Harrison Ford and Alec Guinness), →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    pc, psc, second of parallax

Meaning of parallax second

Noun

parallax second (plural parallax seconds)

  1. A unit of length, used in astronomy, defined as the distance from the Earth of an object that exhibits a parallax of 1 arcsecond. It is approximately equal to 3.08568025 × 10¹³ kilometers or 3.2616 light years.
    Synonyms:
    parsec, psc, pc

Proper noun (1) capitalized: PSC

PSC

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Point St. Charles (Pointe Saint-Charles)
  3. (Canada, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Public Service of Canada.

Noun capitalized: PSC

PSC (countable and uncountable, plural PSCs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of primary sclerosing cholangitis.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of polar stratospheric cloud.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of private security company
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of private security contractor
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of polar security cutter
    Synonyms:
    polar security cutter

Proper noun (2) capitalized: PSC

PSC

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Putonghua Proficiency Test, standardized test of Standard Mandarin Chinese proficiency for native speakers.

Synonyms of psc

  • polar security cutter
  • pc

Forms of psc

pluralpsc
pluralPSCs

Origin of psc

Abbreviation.

Initials of Mandarin PSC: 普通話水平測試／普通话水平测试 (pǔtōnghuà shuǐpíng cèshì).

Words formed from psc

  • kpsc
  • Mpsc
  • Gpsc

Questions about psc

What is psc the abbreviation of?
Psc is the abbreviation of parsec.
What part of speech is psc?
Psc can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near psc in the dictionary

  1. PSAU
  2. PSB
  3. PSBGM
  4. PSBK
  5. PSBs
  6. psc
  7. pschent
  8. pschents
  9. PSCs
  10. PSD
  11. PSDP

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Adapted from Wiktionary: psc (page history and authors); PSC (page history and authors); parsec (page history and authors); parallax second (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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