"APC" meaning in English

See APC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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
    Sense id: en-APC-en-adj-L3mq2Ut8 Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} APC
  1. (music) Initialism of A Perfect Circle. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: A Perfect Circle
    Sense id: en-APC-en-name-JXPCnb3d Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (Nigeria, politics) Initialism of All Progressives Congress. Tags: Nigeria, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: All Progressives Congress
    Sense id: en-APC-en-name-P7Fp1DR8 Categories (other): Nigerian English, Politics, Nigerian politics Disambiguation of Nigerian politics: 16 1 44 17 3 3 1 1 8 1 1 2 2 Topics: government, politics

Noun

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 Hypernyms: carrier, ;, armoured fighting vehicle, vehicle Coordinate_terms: IFV, infantry fighting vehicle Translations (armored personnel carrier): PMV [common-gender] (Danish), pmv [common-gender] (Danish), БТР (BTR) [masculine] (Russian), TBP [masculine] (Spanish), tanqueta [feminine] (Spanish), БТР (BTR) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-en:armored_personnel_carrier Categories (other): Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 8 9 15 18 16 1 1 16 6 2 5 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 4 6 12 26 9 0 1 26 3 2 8 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 9 10 16 17 17 0 1 17 4 3 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 9 10 16 17 17 0 1 17 4 2 6 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 6 8 15 20 10 0 1 20 3 3 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 5 8 15 19 12 1 1 19 4 2 9 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 6 8 13 21 13 0 1 19 4 4 7 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 8 10 13 17 11 1 1 17 3 4 9 2 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'armored personnel carrier': 57 11 11 0 1 12 3 1 3 1
  2. (cytology) Initialism of anaphase-promoting complex. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: anaphase-promoting complex Hypernyms: complex
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-en:anaphase_promoting_complex Categories (other): Cytology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 8 9 15 18 16 1 1 16 6 2 5 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 4 6 12 26 9 0 1 26 3 2 8 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 9 10 16 17 17 0 1 17 4 3 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 9 10 16 17 17 0 1 17 4 2 6 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 6 8 15 20 10 0 1 20 3 3 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 5 8 15 19 12 1 1 19 4 2 9 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 6 8 13 21 13 0 1 19 4 4 7 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 8 10 13 17 11 1 1 17 3 4 9 2 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 Hypernyms: cell
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-en:antigen_presenting_cell Categories (other): Immunology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 8 9 15 18 16 1 1 16 6 2 5 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 9 10 16 17 17 0 1 17 4 3 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 9 10 16 17 17 0 1 17 4 2 6 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 6 8 15 20 10 0 1 20 3 3 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 5 8 15 19 12 1 1 19 4 2 9 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 6 8 13 21 13 0 1 19 4 4 7 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 8 10 13 17 11 1 1 17 3 4 9 2 Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
  4. (wireless communication) Initialism of antenna phase center. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: antenna phase center Hypernyms: center
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-en:antenna_phase_center
  5. (dated, pharmacology) Initialism of aspirin-phenacetin-caffeine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism Alternative form of: aspirin-phenacetin-caffeine Hypernyms: medication, drug
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-en:aspirin_phenacetin_caffeine Categories (other): Pharmacology Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  6. Initialism of all-purpose cleaner. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: all-purpose cleaner Hypernyms: cleaner
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-en:all_purpose_cleaner Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 8 9 15 18 16 1 1 16 6 2 5 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 4 6 12 26 9 0 1 26 3 2 8 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 9 10 16 17 17 0 1 17 4 3 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 9 10 16 17 17 0 1 17 4 2 6 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 6 8 15 20 10 0 1 20 3 3 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 5 8 15 19 12 1 1 19 4 2 9 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 6 8 13 21 13 0 1 19 4 4 7 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 8 10 13 17 11 1 1 17 3 4 9 2
  7. (biochemistry) Initialism of activated protein C. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: activated protein C
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-en:activated_protein_C Categories (other): Biochemistry Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  8. (publishing) Initialism of article processing charge. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: article processing charge
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-en:article_processing_charge Categories (other): Publishing Topics: media, publishing
  9. (medicine) Initialism of adenomatous polyposis coli. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: adenomatous polyposis coli
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-en:adenomatous_polyposis_coli Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Medicine, Terms with Danish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 6 8 15 20 10 0 1 20 3 3 11 1 Topics: medicine, sciences
  10. (medicine) Initialism of argon plasma coagulation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: argon plasma coagulation
    Sense id: en-APC-en-noun-en:argon_plasma_coagulation Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (cdfa371 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.