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PC¹

  • /ˌpiː ˈsiː/

adjective more PC · most PC

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of politically correct

    Opposite: non-PC, un-PC

  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of pro-choice
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Progressive Conservative
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of partially continuous

noun PCs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of personal computer
  2. countable, uncountable A personal computer, especially one similar to an IBM PC that runs Microsoft Windows (or, originally, DOS), usually as opposed to (say) an Apple Mac. “For some of the imaging we do,” says Richard Miner, research manager at the University of Lowell's Center for Productivity Enhancement, “we are using both the Amiga and the PC [with the bridge card]. […]
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of parsec
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of photocopy
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of presenting complaint
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of player character

    Opposite: NPC

  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of public convenience
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries. PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, were killed. So were all five people in the Passat: Michael Cahill, 23, Jakub Matusiak, 23, Makai Saddington, 18, Theo Rae and Cole Worthy, both 17.
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of political correctness
  10. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of polycarbonate
  11. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of posterior commissure
  12. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of privy council
  13. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of privy councillor and postnominal
  14. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of press conference
  15. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of probable cause
  16. UK, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of previous conviction
  17. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Probate Court
  18. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Production Code
  19. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of professional corporation
  20. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of program counter
  21. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of progressive contextualization
  22. Canadian, abbreviation, countable, dated, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Progressive Conservative
  23. Canadian, broadly, countable, uncountable A member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
  24. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of protective custody The prison likes to force people out of PC by threatening them with disciplinary reports and taking away our property; also being made to sleep on a concrete slab with a blast of cold air constantly blowing into the cell.
  25. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of private chat
  26. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of patrol craft
  27. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of patrol cutter
  28. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of patrol, coastal, a coastal patrol boat.
  29. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle
  30. countable, uncountable forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49)
  31. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of percentage The honest casino operator obtains it either by levying a direct charge or by extracting a favorable P.C. (percentage) on each wager.
  32. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of propylene carbonate
  33. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of personnel carrier
  34. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of photocard

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Proto-Celtic
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Penn Central
  3. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Coastal Patrol
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Phrozen Crew
  5. UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Plaid Cymru
  6. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Presbyterian Church
  7. Canada, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party
  8. Canada, abbreviation, dated, initialism Initialism of Progressive Conservative Party
  9. Philippines, abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of Philippine Constabulary

verb PCs · PCing · PCed

  1. sometimes, with up To make politically correct. 1991 December, Renée Gearhart Levy, “PC’ed Out,” Syracuse University Magazine, quoted in Steven Mailloux, Reception Histories, Cornell University Press (1998), →ISBN, page 169.

pc²

noun pcs · pc. · pcs.

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of piece

noun p.c. · p. c.

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of parsec
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of postcard
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of percent

    Similar: %

  4. abbreviation Abbreviation of probable cause

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: microcomputer, personal computer, irv, ibm, plc, dos, sig, give, stomper, dau, leung, compatibles, lyso, spes, computer, desktop

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noun initialism of personal computer

EspañolPC
한국어피시 pisi
日本語パソコン pasokon, PC (PC)
中文個人電腦 /个人电脑 gèrén diànnǎo
हिन्दीपी सी pī sī
DeutschPC
ItalianoPC
ΕλληνικάΗ I/Y, Υ I/Y
РусскийПК PK

noun piece

한국어ea (ea)
日本語ヶ ko, 個 ko
Françaismcx
Русскийшт. št.

noun parsec

Русскийпк pk

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@misc{pc_2026,
  title = {pc},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}