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FAC¹

noun FACs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Forward Air Control
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of forward air controller
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of flow-accelerated corrosion
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of flow-assisted corrosion
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Fellow of the Atlantic Council
  6. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Fatal accident control
  7. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of fast attack craft

fac²

  • /fæk/

Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

Clipping of factotum.

noun facs

  1. rare A factotum letter, or a similar kind of ornamentally bordered letter formerly used at the start of a chapter or section of a book. If a Fac or Flowered letter be deeper than the Composing-stick we measure the exact width of it by Quotations, or common Quadrats; which we put into our Stick, and the Fac into the Galley, and then compose, and empty each time so many lines as our measure in the Stick will allow, till we have compos

fac³

  • /fæk/

Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

Clipping of faculty.

noun facs

  1. colloquial A faculty within a university. Here's to Hibben. We call him Jack The whitest man in all the fac. Of Princeton spirit he does not lack

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Chicago

"fac." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fac.

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@misc{fac_2026,
  title = {fac},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fac},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}