"PLC" meaning in English

See PLC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˌpiː ˌɛl ˈsiː/ Audio: En-us-plc.oga [US]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PLC
  1. (Palestinian politics) Initialism of Palestinian Legislative Council. Tags: Palestinian, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Palestinian Legislative Council Categories (topical): Palestinian politics Related terms: Co. [business], Corp. [business], Inc. [business], LLC [business], Ltd. [business], plc [business], FPGA [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], PAL [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], PIC [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], PLA [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering] Translations (Palestinian Legislative Council): CLP (French)
    Sense id: en-PLC-en-name-i5t5kiGf Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: government, politics

Noun

IPA: /ˌpiː ˌɛl ˈsiː/ Audio: En-us-plc.oga [US] Forms: PLCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PLC (countable and uncountable, plural PLCs)
  1. (countable, business) Initialism of public limited company. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: public limited company Categories (topical): Business Translations (public limited company): N.V. (Dutch), oyj (Finnish), SA (French), AG (German), ΑΕ (AE) (Greek), SpA (Italian), K.K. (K.K.) (Japanese), 株式会社 (kabushikigaisha) (Japanese), (literally)上場株式会社 (jōjōkabushikigaisha) (Japanese), S.A. (Spanish), AB (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-PLC-en-noun-NNMHZukD Topics: business Disambiguation of 'public limited company': 49 11 14 1 3 22
  2. (communication) Initialism of power line communication. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: power line communication Categories (topical): Communication
    Sense id: en-PLC-en-noun-FYmO0czD Topics: communication, communications
  3. (countable, electronics) Initialism of programmable logic controller. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: programmable logic controller Categories (topical): Electronics Synonyms: plc (english: public limited company, programmable logic controller), Plc, p.l.c. (english: public limited company) Translations (programmable logic controller): SPS [feminine] (German), PLC (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-PLC-en-noun-Z-vlK8x6 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'programmable logic controller': 16 13 44 1 3 22
  4. (uncountable, telecommunications) Initialism of packet loss concealment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: packet loss concealment Categories (topical): Telecommunications
  5. (countable, biochemistry) Initialism of phospholipase C. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: phospholipase C Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-PLC-en-noun-dplPFu8q Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  6. (countable, China) Initialism of prefecture-level city. Tags: China, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: prefecture-level city
    Sense id: en-PLC-en-noun-gYWo0Fn6 Categories (other): Chinese English, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 16 15 17 4 6 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 18 17 18 2 5 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 16 15 16 3 5 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 17 16 17 3 5 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 18 16 16 3 6 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 18 18 17 3 5 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 20 18 18 3 5 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 21 15 19 3 5 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 15 13 18 7 10 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 18 16 16 2 7 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 18 16 16 2 6 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 18 16 16 3 6 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 15 15 17 3 6 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 13 18 15 17 3 5 30

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