Usually means: Direct current in electrical systems.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. DC, DC: Merriam-Webster
  2. DC, DC: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. DC: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. D.C, DC: Collins English Dictionary
  5. D.C, DC: Vocabulary.com
  6. DC, DC, Dc, dc, dc, dc, dC: Wordnik
  7. DC, dc: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. D.C, DC, Dc, dc: Wiktionary
  9. DC: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. D.C, DC: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. DC: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. D.C, dc: Dictionary.com
  13. D.C, D.C. (TV series), DC (comics), DC, D.c, Dc (Unix), Dc (computer program), Dc: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. D.c, Dc: Rhymezone
  15. D.C, DC, dc: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. d.c, dc: FreeDictionary.org
  17. d.c, dc: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. D.C, DC: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. dc: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. DC: Health & Beauty Glossary
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  3. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Crop Abbreviations (No longer online)
  5. Abbreviations in shipping (No longer online)
  6. DC: Legal dictionary
  7. DC (disambiguation), dc: Financial dictionary

Computing (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. DC: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. DC: CCI Computer
  3. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  4. DC: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  5. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  6. D.C, DC (disambiguation), dc: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. DC: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. DC: UK Medical Acronyms
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hair Facts (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  8. DC (disambiguation), DC: Medical dictionary
  9. D.C: Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. CIA World Factbook (No longer online)
  2. DC, DC, DC: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  3. DC: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. United States Postal Service Official Abbreviations (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. dc: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. DC: Extragalactic Astronomy
  4. DC: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  2. D.C: The Folk File
  3. D.C, D.C, D.C. (double cunt), The DC, dc: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DC: Sports Definitions

Tech (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. DC: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. D.C, DC: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. DC: Electronics
  4. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  5. Basics of Space Flight Glossary (No longer online)
  6. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  7. Energy Terms (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)
  9. Explosives (No longer online)
  10. DC: Nikonians Photo Glossary
  11. DC: Beauty & Health Glossary
  12. DC: Coin Collecting
  13. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  14. Reliance Electric motor terms (No longer online)
  15. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  16. RF Terms Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See dcing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (computing) To become disconnected from a network.
noun:  Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America. [The federal capital region of the United States of America.]
noun:  (aviation) Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
noun:  Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate. [Dubai, to distinguish it from the emirate of the same name]
noun:  Initialism of Dreamcast. A home videogaming console from SEGA.
noun:  Ellipsis of DC Comics.: Initialism of Detective Comics.
noun:  Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; Clipping of DCHP.
noun:  (informal) Abbreviation of Discord. [(Internet, telecommunications, social media) An instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media.]
noun:  (law) Initialism of district court.
noun:  (electrical) Initialism of direct current. [(physics) An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.]
noun:  (degree) Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
noun:  (banking) Initialism of debit card. [(banking) A card similar to a credit card, but which withdraws funds directly from the bank account, rather than borrowing the funds from the issuer of the card.]
noun:  (law enforcement) Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
noun:  (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined contributions.
noun:  (computing, Microsoft Windows) Initialism of device context.
noun:  (roleplaying games) Initialism of difficulty class.
noun:  (computing) Initialism of disconnection. [Severance of a physical connection.]
noun:  (Kenya) Initialism of district commissioner.
adverb:  (music) Initialism of da capo. [(music) From the beginning.]
adverb:  (dance) Initialism of diagonally to the center.
adjective:  (video coding) Initialism of direct coded.
verb:  (medicine) Abbreviation of discontinue. [(transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.]
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of DC
noun:  (crochet) Initialism of double crochet. [(US) 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]
noun:  Abbreviation of December. [The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.]

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