"PFC" meaning in All languages combined

See PFC on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: PFCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PFC (plural PFCs)
  1. (military) Initialism of private first class. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: private first class Categories (topical): Military, Military ranks, People
    Sense id: en-PFC-en-noun-ZF0zNj3B Disambiguation of Military ranks: 51 23 9 2 16 Disambiguation of People: 81 5 4 6 4 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (neuroanatomy) Initialism of prefrontal cortex. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: prefrontal cortex Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy, Fluorine
    Sense id: en-PFC-en-noun-uMuNpkgO Disambiguation of Fluorine: 12 36 19 5 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 39 16 3 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 43 16 3 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 47 18 2 30 Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
  3. (chemistry) Initialism of perfluorocarbon. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: perfluorocarbon Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-PFC-en-noun-SWZ9Okwo Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (psychology) Initialism of preference for consistency. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: preference for consistency Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-PFC-en-noun-UikCjPSC Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  5. (electrical engineering) Initialism of power factor correction. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: power factor correction Categories (topical): Electrical engineering, Electrical engineering
    Sense id: en-PFC-en-noun-IiXut~l0 Disambiguation of Electrical engineering: 13 22 13 4 48 Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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