"PSC" meaning in English

See PSC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PSC
  1. Initialism of Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Palestine Solidarity Campaign
    Sense id: en-PSC-en-name-qA6VvcD5 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 8 27 9 27 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 19 17 14 21 8 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 17 5 25 8 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 16 3 27 9 27
  2. Abbreviation of Point St. Charles. (Pointe Saint-Charles) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Point St. Charles (extra: Pointe Saint-Charles)
    Sense id: en-PSC-en-name-~1yz5ZVP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 8 27 9 27 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 19 17 14 21 8 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 17 5 25 8 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 16 3 27 9 27
  3. (Canada) Initialism of Public Service of Canada. Tags: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Public Service of Canada
    Sense id: en-PSC-en-name-N66EQDMG Categories (other): Canadian English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 19 17 14 21 8 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Initials of Mandarin PSC: 普通話水平測試/普通话水平测试 (pǔtōnghuà shuǐpíng cèshì). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|cmn|PSC}} Mandarin PSC, {{zh-l|普通話水平測試|tr=pǔtōnghuà shuǐpíng cèshì}} 普通話水平測試/普通话水平测试 (pǔtōnghuà shuǐpíng cèshì) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PSC
  1. Initialism of Putonghua Proficiency Test, standardized test of Standard Mandarin Chinese proficiency for native speakers Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Putonghua Proficiency Test, standardized test of Standard Mandarin Chinese proficiency for native speakers
    Sense id: en-PSC-en-name-bqZ0IjAr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 8 27 9 27 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 19 17 14 21 8 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 17 5 25 8 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 16 3 27 9 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: PSCs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PSC (countable and uncountable, plural PSCs)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of primary sclerosing cholangitis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: primary sclerosing cholangitis Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-PSC-en-noun-h2-8rBLa Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (meteorology) Initialism of polar stratospheric cloud. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: polar stratospheric cloud Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-PSC-en-noun-IeNQSD3u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 8 27 9 27 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 19 17 14 21 8 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 17 5 25 8 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 16 3 27 9 27 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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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.