"NCO" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: NCOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} NCO (plural NCOs)
  1. (electronics) Initialism of Number Controlled Oscillator. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Number Controlled Oscillator Categories (topical): Electronics
  2. (military) Initialism of non-commissioned officer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: non-commissioned officer Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-NCO-en-noun-kJ~ux2BE Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: VCO

Inflected forms

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