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PAC¹

  • /pæk/
  • [pʰæk]

Sounds like pack · Rhymes with -æk

noun PACs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of programmable automation controller
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of proxy auto-config (file).
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of public accounts committee
  4. US, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of political action committee A PAC may contribute no more than $5,000 to a federal candidate in a general or primary election. PACs have grown to become the second-largest source of campaign funds, trailing only individuals (Herrnson 2004).
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of presentation-abstraction-control
  6. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Pan American Championships

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Pacific (“Pacific Ocean”).

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of probably approximately correct

pac²

Where it comes from

Clipping of shoepac.

noun pacs

  1. Canada, US, alternative Alternative form of pack
  2. Canada, US A moccasin with a sole made of leather or deerskin.
  3. Canada, US A pac boot.

Pac³

Where it comes from

Various origins:

* Borrowed from Polish Pac, a hypocoristic short form of several personal names, such as Paweł or Pakosław.

* Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Pač, Páč, from a short form of the personal name Pačeslav.

* Borrowed from Spanish Pac, a topographic surname from pac (“farmstead”).

* Guatemalan surname, from a Castilianized form of a local Mayan word meaning "wooden spoon".

proper noun Pacs

  1. A surname.

Pac⁴

adjective

  1. alternative, not comparable Alternative form of Pac. (abbreviation of Pacific)

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Pac. (abbreviation of Pacific)

PAc⁵

proper noun

  1. Proto-Algic (compare PA, PAn) This seems to me to lead to the conclusion that any hypothesis involving connections earlier than the Algic level, given our standards for proof of historical connection, is inherently unprovable until we know Proto-Algic (PAc) better.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nac, cip, aac, pcb, cce, cco, cpa, prc, bpc, cln, cia, scc, rac, ftc, fcc, pbc

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Chicago

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@misc{pac_2026,
  title = {pac},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pac},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}