"RTC" meaning in English

See RTC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} RTC
  1. (US, military) Initialism of Recruit Training Command: a unit within the United States Navy responsible for conducting the initial orientation and indoctrination of incoming recruits, located at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Recruit Training Command (extra: a unit within the United States Navy responsible for conducting the initial orientation and indoctrination of incoming recruits, located at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois)
    Sense id: en-RTC-en-name-JSnnKmP~ Categories (other): American English, Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Illinois, USA Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 2 9 10 10 12 7 10 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 4 6 7 6 8 5 9 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 3 6 7 6 11 5 10 20 Disambiguation of Illinois, USA: 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. Initialism of Ride the Cyclone. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Ride the Cyclone
    Sense id: en-RTC-en-name-ytK61ezz

Noun

Forms: RTCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} RTC (plural RTCs)
  1. (computing) Initialism of rational team concert. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: rational team concert
    Sense id: en-RTC-en-noun--bAmHt4v Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing) Initialism of real-time computing. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: real-time computing
    Sense id: en-RTC-en-noun-34-2S7i3 Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (computing) Initialism of real-time control. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: real-time control
    Sense id: en-RTC-en-noun-eL2FD66N Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (electronics) Initialism of real-time clock. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: real-time clock
  5. (telecommunications) Initialism of real-time communications. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: real-time communications
  6. (UK, emergency services) Initialism of road traffic collision. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: road traffic collision
    Sense id: en-RTC-en-noun-fLzN5Bee Categories (other): British English, Emergency services
  7. (Philippines, law) Initialism of Regional Trial Court. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Regional Trial Court
    Sense id: en-RTC-en-noun-FWAaBe6w Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Philippine English, Law Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: WebRTC [telecommunications, electrical-engineering, communications, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

Inflected forms

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        ],
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          "initial",
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        ],
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          "orientation",
          "orientation"
        ],
        [
          "indoctrination",
          "indoctrination"
        ],
        [
          "recruit",
          "recruit"
        ],
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          "Illinois",
          "Illinois"
        ]
      ],
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        "(US, military) Initialism of Recruit Training Command: a unit within the United States Navy responsible for conducting the initial orientation and indoctrination of incoming recruits, located at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois."
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
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        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Ride the Cyclone"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Ride the Cyclone."
      ],
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          "Ride the Cyclone",
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      ],
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        "abbreviation",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "RTC"
}

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