"WPC" meaning in English

See WPC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} WPC
  1. (US) Initialism of Weather Prediction Center. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Weather Prediction Center
    Sense id: en-WPC-en-name-AZzy6IaR Categories (other): American English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 24 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 21 20
  2. Initialism of Wireless Power Consortium. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Wireless Power Consortium
    Sense id: en-WPC-en-name-t9y9-fVs

Noun

Forms: WPCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} WPC (plural WPCs)
  1. (UK, law enforcement, historical) Initialism of woman police constable, a former police rank. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: woman police constable (extra: a former police rank) Categories (topical): Law enforcement, People Related terms: PC [law-enforcement, government], WDC [law-enforcement, government], supt. [law-enforcement, government], DCI [law-enforcement, government], DI [law-enforcement, government], DS [law-enforcement, government], DC [law-enforcement, government]
    Sense id: en-WPC-en-noun-eJ7JPUD3 Disambiguation of People: 24 23 52 Categories (other): British English Topics: government, law-enforcement

Inflected forms

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