"FAC" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: FACs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} FAC (plural FACs)
  1. (military, aviation) Initialism of Forward Air Control. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Forward Air Control
    Sense id: en-FAC-en-noun-9UlDFnmy Categories (other): Aviation, Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 21 7 23 4 12 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 6 2 9 5 2 2 21 20 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 6 2 10 3 1 1 24 23 13 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
  2. (military, aviation) Initialism of forward air controller. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: forward air controller
    Sense id: en-FAC-en-noun-guppJeoX Categories (other): Aviation, Military Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
  3. Initialism of flow-accelerated corrosion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: flow-accelerated corrosion
    Sense id: en-FAC-en-noun-i7LpI7rg
  4. Initialism of flow-assisted corrosion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: flow-assisted corrosion
    Sense id: en-FAC-en-noun-O9jfC0Uh
  5. Initialism of Fellow of the Atlantic Council. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Fellow of the Atlantic Council
    Sense id: en-FAC-en-noun-dOgOhgYt
  6. Initialism of Fatal accident control. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Fatal accident control
    Sense id: en-FAC-en-noun-I4mTUAFi
  7. (nautical, military) Initialism of fast attack craft Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: fast attack craft Coordinate_terms: FRC
    Sense id: en-FAC-en-noun-i26clabC Categories (other): Military, Nautical Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war

Inflected forms

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