"TC" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: TCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} TC (plural TCs)
  1. (electronics) Initialism of time counter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: time counter Categories (topical): Electronics
  2. (electronics) Initialism of thermocouple. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: thermocouple Categories (topical): Electronics
  3. Initialism of traffic collision. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: traffic collision
    Sense id: en-TC-en-noun-ffFB5Ek3
  4. Initialism of textile color. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: textile color
    Sense id: en-TC-en-noun-vuw019mS
  5. Initialism of total compensation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: total compensation
    Sense id: en-TC-en-noun-Qgv6Sg~R
  6. (chess) Initialism of time control. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: time control Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-TC-en-noun-HBYiykTy Topics: board-games, chess, games
  7. (video games) Initialism of total conversion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: total conversion Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-TC-en-noun-u8miLxNi Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Tc, TDC

Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} TC
  1. (advertising) Initialism of till cancelled/countermanded. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: till cancelled/countermanded Categories (topical): Advertising
    Sense id: en-TC-en-phrase-L~bBoHHa Topics: advertising, business, marketing
  2. (Internet) Initialism of topic closed: indicating that no further replies are allowed in a discussion thread. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: topic closed (extra: indicating that no further replies are allowed in a discussion thread) Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-TC-en-phrase-TWCxFnuX

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} TC
  1. Initialism of take care. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: take care
    Sense id: en-TC-en-verb-pYRgXMHY

Inflected forms

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