"VOC" meaning in English

See VOC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Rhymes: -ɒk Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} VOC
  1. (sports, Canada) Vancouver Organizing Committee; the organizer of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics Tags: Canada Synonyms (Vancouver Organizing Committee): VANOC
    Sense id: en-VOC-en-name-bLLaaA1J Categories (other): Canadian English, Sports Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'Vancouver Organizing Committee': 97 1 2
  2. (Canada, radio, historical) Voice of Canada; former name of RCI (Radio Canada International) Tags: Canada, historical
    Sense id: en-VOC-en-name-s0p9Ni~a Categories (other): Canadian English, Radio Topics: broadcasting, media, radio
  3. (television, China) Voice of China; international cultural television programming from China Tags: China
    Sense id: en-VOC-en-name-oHwDr0~p Categories (other): Chinese English, Television Topics: broadcasting, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: VOI [variant], VUI (english: variant under investigation), VSC (english: volatile sulphur compound/volatile sulfur compound)

Noun

Forms: VOCs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒk Head templates: {{en-noun}} VOC (plural VOCs)
  1. (chemistry) Abbreviation of volatile organic compound. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: volatile organic compound
    Sense id: en-VOC-en-noun-38eDYfrN Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 13 21 30 9 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 12 22 30 9 9 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 12 22 35 7 7 3 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (electronics, physics) V_(OC) — Initialism of open-circuit voltage.
  3. (virology) Abbreviation of variant of concern. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: variant of concern
    Sense id: en-VOC-en-noun-YY2XkmvT Categories (other): Virology Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences, virology
  4. (broadcasting) Initialism of voiceover credits. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: voiceover credits
    Sense id: en-VOC-en-noun-fnPn7Fgl Categories (other): Broadcasting Topics: broadcasting, media

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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