"DEC" meaning in English

See DEC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} DEC
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Dec (“December”). Wikidata QID: Q126 Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Dec (extra: December)
    Sense id: en-DEC-en-name-en:Q126 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 10 30 24 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 16 10 28 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 16 11 25 24 4 Related terms: JAN [comeronym], FEB [comeronym], MAR [comeronym], APR [comeronym], MAY [comeronym], JUN [comeronym], JUL [comeronym], AUG [comeronym], SEP [comeronym], OCT [comeronym], NOV [comeronym]
  2. Digital Equipment Corporation, a defunct American computer and technology company. Wikidata QID: Q690079
    Sense id: en-DEC-en-name-en:Q690079 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 10 30 24 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 16 10 28 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 16 11 25 24 4

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} DEC (uncountable)
  1. Initialism of diethylcarbamazine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: diethylcarbamazine
    Sense id: en-DEC-en-noun-gY8hThMn Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 16 10 28 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 16 11 25 24 4
  2. Initialism of diethyl carbonate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: diethyl carbonate Related terms (diethyl carb*): DMC (english: dimethyl carbonate), EC (english: ethylene carbonate), EMC (english: ethyl methyl carbonate), PC (english: propylene carbonate)
    Sense id: en-DEC-en-noun-So~cThg6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 10 30 24 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 16 10 28 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 16 11 25 24 4 Disambiguation of 'diethyl carb*': 8 63 21 9
  3. (dermatology) Initialism of desquamated epithelial cell. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: desquamated epithelial cell Synonyms: desquamated epithelial cell
    Sense id: en-DEC-en-noun-RWaohGTy Categories (other): Dermatology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 10 30 24 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 16 10 28 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 16 11 25 24 4 Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences
  4. (physics) Abbreviation of dominant energy condition Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: dominant energy condition Synonyms: dominant energy condition Related terms (energy condition): NEC (english: null energy condition), WEC (english: weak energy condition)
    Sense id: en-DEC-en-noun-ubBiXukT Categories (other): Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'energy condition': 0 0 0 100
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "DEC (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "diethylcarbamazine"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 16 10 28 27 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 16 11 25 24 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of diethylcarbamazine."
      ],
      "id": "en-DEC-en-noun-gY8hThMn",
      "links": [
        [
          "diethylcarbamazine",
          "diethylcarbamazine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "diethyl carbonate"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 12 10 30 24 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 16 10 28 27 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 16 11 25 24 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of diethyl carbonate."
      ],
      "id": "en-DEC-en-noun-So~cThg6",
      "links": [
        [
          "diethyl carbonate",
          "diethyl carbonate#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 63 21 9",
          "english": "dimethyl carbonate",
          "sense": "diethyl carb*",
          "translation": "dimethyl carbonate",
          "word": "DMC"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 63 21 9",
          "english": "ethylene carbonate",
          "sense": "diethyl carb*",
          "translation": "ethylene carbonate",
          "word": "EC"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 63 21 9",
          "english": "ethyl methyl carbonate",
          "sense": "diethyl carb*",
          "translation": "ethyl methyl carbonate",
          "word": "EMC"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 63 21 9",
          "english": "propylene carbonate",
          "sense": "diethyl carb*",
          "translation": "propylene carbonate",
          "word": "PC"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "desquamated epithelial cell"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dermatology",
          "orig": "en:Dermatology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 12 10 30 24 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 16 10 28 27 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 16 11 25 24 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of desquamated epithelial cell."
      ],
      "id": "en-DEC-en-noun-RWaohGTy",
      "links": [
        [
          "dermatology",
          "dermatology"
        ],
        [
          "desquamated",
          "desquamated#English"
        ],
        [
          "epithelial",
          "epithelial#English"
        ],
        [
          "cell",
          "cell#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dermatology) Initialism of desquamated epithelial cell."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "desquamated epithelial cell"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dermatology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "dominant energy condition"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "en:Physics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of dominant energy condition"
      ],
      "id": "en-DEC-en-noun-ubBiXukT",
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "dominant",
          "dominant#English"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy#English"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) Abbreviation of dominant energy condition"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100",
          "english": "null energy condition",
          "sense": "energy condition",
          "translation": "null energy condition",
          "word": "NEC"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100",
          "english": "weak energy condition",
          "sense": "energy condition",
          "translation": "weak energy condition",
          "word": "WEC"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dominant energy condition"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "DEC"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "DEC",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "December",
          "word": "Dec"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 12 10 30 24 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 16 10 28 27 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 16 11 25 24 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative letter-case form of Dec (“December”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-DEC-en-name-en:Q126",
      "links": [
        [
          "Dec",
          "Dec#English:_Q126"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "JAN"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "FEB"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "MAR"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "APR"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "MAY"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "JUN"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "JUL"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "AUG"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "SEP"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "OCT"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "NOV"
        }
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q126"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q126"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 12 10 30 24 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 16 10 28 27 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 16 11 25 24 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Digital Equipment Corporation, a defunct American computer and technology company."
      ],
      "id": "en-DEC-en-name-en:Q690079",
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q690079"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q690079"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "DEC"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "DEC (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "dimethyl carbonate",
      "sense": "diethyl carb*",
      "translation": "dimethyl carbonate",
      "word": "DMC"
    },
    {
      "english": "ethylene carbonate",
      "sense": "diethyl carb*",
      "translation": "ethylene carbonate",
      "word": "EC"
    },
    {
      "english": "ethyl methyl carbonate",
      "sense": "diethyl carb*",
      "translation": "ethyl methyl carbonate",
      "word": "EMC"
    },
    {
      "english": "propylene carbonate",
      "sense": "diethyl carb*",
      "translation": "propylene carbonate",
      "word": "PC"
    },
    {
      "english": "null energy condition",
      "sense": "energy condition",
      "translation": "null energy condition",
      "word": "NEC"
    },
    {
      "english": "weak energy condition",
      "sense": "energy condition",
      "translation": "weak energy condition",
      "word": "WEC"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "diethylcarbamazine"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of diethylcarbamazine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diethylcarbamazine",
          "diethylcarbamazine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "diethyl carbonate"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of diethyl carbonate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diethyl carbonate",
          "diethyl carbonate#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "desquamated epithelial cell"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Dermatology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of desquamated epithelial cell."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dermatology",
          "dermatology"
        ],
        [
          "desquamated",
          "desquamated#English"
        ],
        [
          "epithelial",
          "epithelial#English"
        ],
        [
          "cell",
          "cell#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dermatology) Initialism of desquamated epithelial cell."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "desquamated epithelial cell"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dermatology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "dominant energy condition"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of dominant energy condition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "dominant",
          "dominant#English"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy#English"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) Abbreviation of dominant energy condition"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dominant energy condition"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "DEC"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "DEC",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "December",
          "word": "Dec"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative letter-case form of Dec (“December”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Dec",
          "Dec#English:_Q126"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "JAN"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "FEB"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "MAR"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "APR"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "MAY"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "JUN"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "JUL"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "AUG"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "SEP"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "OCT"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "comeronym"
          ],
          "word": "NOV"
        }
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q126"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q126"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Digital Equipment Corporation, a defunct American computer and technology company."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q690079"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q690079"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "DEC"
}

Download raw JSONL data for DEC meaning in English (3.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 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.