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DC

1. dental corps.
2. Electricity. direct current.
3. District of Columbia (approved esp. for use with zip code).

D.C.

1. Music. da capo.
2. Dictionary of Canadianisms.
3. Electricity. direct current.
4. District of Columbia.
5. Doctor of Chiropractic.

dc

Electricity. direct current.
Also, d.c.
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da ca·po   (dä kä'pō)   
adv.   Music Abbr. DC
From the beginning. Used as a direction to repeat a passage.

[Italian : da, from + capo, head.]
DC  
abbr.  
  1. da capo

  2. direct current

  3. or D.C. District of Columbia

  4. Doctor of Chiropractic

direct current  
n.   Abbr. DC
An electric current flowing in one direction only.
Dis·trict of Columbia   (dĭs'trĭkt')   
Abbr. DC or D.C.
A federal district of the eastern United States on the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland. Coextensive with the city of Washington, it was established by congressional acts of 1790 and 1791 on a site selected by George Washington.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Financial Dictionary

dc

Used in bond transaction tables in newspapers to indentify a bond as a deep-discount bond: WMX dc2s05.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: D.C.
Function: abbreviation
district court
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: DC
Function: abbreviation
1 Dental Corps
2 diagnostic center
3 direct current
4 doctor of chiropractic
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

D.C. abbr.
Doctor of Chiropractic

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Computing Dictionary

DC language, tool
The Unix arbitrary precision postfix calculator and its language.
Here is an example program which prints out factorials:
echo "[la1+dsa*pla2220>y]sy0sa1lyx" | dc
Unix manual page: dc(1).
bc provides a somewhat more readable syntax which is compiled into dc. There is also a GNU DC.
(1995-03-17)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
dc
  1. discontinue

  2. discounted

DC
  1. developed country

  2. direct command

  3. direct current

  4. district court

  5. District of Columbia

  6. Doctor of Chiropractic

  7. dual choice

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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