"APC" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} APC (not comparable)
  1. (military) Initialism of armor piercing capped. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: armor piercing capped Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-APC-en-adj-L3mq2Ut8 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} APC
  1. (music) Initialism of A Perfect Circle. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: A Perfect Circle Categories (topical): Music

Noun [English]

Forms: APCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} APC (plural APCs)
  1. (military) Initialism of armored personnel carrier. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: armored personnel carrier Categories (topical): Military Translations (armored personnel carrier): PMV [common-gender] (Danish), pmv [common-gender] (Danish), БТР (BTR) [masculine] (Russian), БТР (BTR) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun--8pvOxnH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 18 22 20 1 7 20 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'armored personnel carrier': 61 8 11 0 4 17
  2. (cytology) Initialism of anaphase-promoting complex. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: anaphase-promoting complex Categories (topical): Cytology
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-WnW5qMux Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 18 22 20 1 7 20 Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  3. (immunology) Initialism of antigen-presenting cell. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: antigen-presenting cell Categories (topical): Immunology
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-R1tyxnsw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 18 22 20 1 7 20 Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
  4. (wireless communication) Initialism of antenna phase center. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: antenna phase center
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-pBeLTQUv
  5. (dated, pharmacology) Initialism of aspirin-phenacetin-caffeine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism Alternative form of: aspirin-phenacetin-caffeine Categories (topical): Pharmacology
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-peKPGZCu Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  6. Initialism of all-purpose cleaner. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: all-purpose cleaner
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-0g0d~zzM Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 18 22 20 1 7 20

Inflected forms

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