"a.c." meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} a.c. (uncountable)
  1. (electricity) Initialism of alternating current. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: alternating current
    Sense id: en-a.c.-en-noun-Ok958G~r Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Electricity, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 21 42 2 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Phrase

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  1. (medicine) Initialism of ante cibum (“before meals”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: ante cibum (extra: before meals)
    Sense id: en-a.c.-en-phrase-l~y8T0pR Categories (other): Medicine, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 21 42 2 Topics: medicine, sciences
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