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Definition: PAC |
PACNoun1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PAC | Danish | Privat automatisk central | Post & Telecom |
PAC | English | Program Authorized Credential | N/A |
PAC | Portuguese | Projecto assistido por computador | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: PACSynonym: political action committee (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Government | Political contribution, campaign contribution; political action committee, PAC. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: PAC |
| English words defined with "PAC": Shoe pac. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PAC": Bruckner cylinder ♦ collateralized mortgage obligation ♦ Dynix ♦ paging area, pulp assay ♦ sulfuret. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "PAC" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (bang, crack, pop), Scottish (a pack), Welsh (baggage, bundle, pack). |
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Lyrics | Like Big and Pac ("Bow Wow [That's My Name]"; performing artist: Lil Bow Wow) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | CLEAR PAC allows the Russian customs to receive a preliminary electronic entry to complete 80 percent of data processing before vessel arrival. (references) | |
Customs Link Entry/Exit America-Russia Pacific (CLEAR PAC) is an electronic system of cargo entry and shipping data advance notification to Far Eastern customs to expedite clearance procedures, alleviate delays and associated costs. (references) | ||
Economic History | South Africa | The ANC and PAC were forced underground and fought apartheid through guerrilla warfare and sabotage. (references) |
South Africa | In the early 1960s, following a protest in Sharpeville in which 69 protesters were killed by police and 180 injured, the ANC and Pan-African Congress (PAC) were banned. (references) | |
South Africa | Political parties: African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Party (DP), New National Party (NNP), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (FF), Pan-African Congress (PAC), African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), United Democratic Movement (UDM), and the Federal Alliance. (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | PAC members allegedly involved in the illegal selling of the plots denied receiving any money for the sales. (references) |
South Africa | In July individual members of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), acting on behalf of the African Renaissance Civic Movement (ARCM), organized an illegal occupation of land in Bredell on the East Rand. (references) | |
Political Economy | Costa Rica | A new political party, the Citizen's Action Party (PAC), seeks to occupy the political center and is expected to obtain representation in the next Assembly. (references) |
Trade | Philippines | This includes the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), International Accreditation Forum (IAF), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality (ACCSQ) and Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC), among others. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "PAC" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 58.33% of the time. "PAC" is used about 96 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 58.33% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 31.25% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.33% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Unclassified Items | 2.08% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 96 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "PAC" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Pac | Last name | 130 | 61,379 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Malaysia | Asian Pac Holdings Berhad |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "PAC": shoe pac. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "PAC": Pac-a-mac, Pac-a-pet, Pac-man, pac-man strategy, Pac-o-macs. | |
Ending with "PAC": brompton-pac, eco-pac, government-pac, pro-pac, wacc-pac. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
2 pac | 13,648 |
pac man | 9,393 |
pac sun | 1,232 |
pac man game | 688 |
pac | 672 |
pac man play | 464 |
pac bell park | 407 |
ach int.com pac | 370 |
free man pac | 342 |
pac man download | 328 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pac"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | acpay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PAC": paca, pacas, pace, paced, pacemaker, pacemakers, pacemaking, pacemakings, pacer, pacers, paces, pacesetter, pacesetters, pacesetting, pacha, pachadom, pachadoms, pachalic, pachalics, pachas, pachinko, pachinkos, pachisi, pachisis, pachouli, pachoulis, pachuco, pachucos, pachyderm, pachydermatous, pachyderms, pachysandra, pachysandras, pachytene, pachytenes, pacifiable, pacific, pacifically, pacification, pacifications, pacificator, pacificators, pacificism, pacificisms, pacificist, pacificists, pacified, pacifier, pacifiers, pacifies, pacifism, pacifisms, pacifist, pacifistic, pacifistically, pacifists, pacify, pacifying, pacing, pack, packabilities, packability, packable, package, packaged, packager, packagers, packages, packaging, packboard, packboards, packed, packer, packers, packet, packeted, packeting, packets, packhorse, packhorses, packing, packinghouse, packinghouses, packings, packly, packman, packmen, packness, packnesses, packs, packsack, packsacks, packsaddle, packsaddles, packthread, packthreads, packwax, packwaxes, paclitaxel, paclitaxels, pacs, pact, paction, pactions, pacts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "PAC": calpac, champac, shoepac. (additional references) | |
Words containing "PAC": aerospace, aerospaces, airspace, airspaces, alpaca, alpacas, apace, apache, apaches, backpack, backpacked, backpacker, backpackers, backpacking, backpacks, backspace, backspaced, backspaces, backspacing, bipack, bipacks, calpack, calpacks, calpacs, capacious, capaciously, capaciousness, capaciousnesses, capacitance, capacitances, capacitate, capacitated, capacitates, capacitating, capacitation, capacitations, capacities, capacitive, capacitively, capacitor, capacitors, capacity, carapace, carapaces, carpaccio, carpaccios, champacs, compact, compacted, compacter, compacters, compactest, compactible, compacting, compaction, compactions, compactly, compactness, compactnesses, compactor, compactors, compacts, copacetic, crawlspace, crawlspaces, cyberspace, cyberspaces, drupaceous, epact, epacts, episcopacies, episcopacy, footpace, footpaces, gazpacho, gazpachos, headspace, headspaces, hydrospace, hydrospaces, hyperspace, hyperspaces, impact, impacted, impacter, impacters, impacting, impaction, impactions, impactive, impactor, impactors, impacts, incapacitate, incapacitated, incapacitates, incapacitating, incapacitation, incapacitations, incapacities, incapacity, interspace, interspaced, interspaces, interspacing, isopach, isopachs, letterspace, letterspaces, letterspacing, letterspacings, manpack, meatpacking, meatpackings, midspace, midspaces, mispackage, mispackaged, mispackages, mispackaging, misspace, misspaced, misspaces, misspacing, mudpack, mudpacks, nonimpact, opacified, opacifies, opacify, opacifying, opacities, opacity, outpace, outpaced, outpaces, outpacing, overcapacities, overcapacity, overpackage, overpackaged, overpackages, overpackaging, papacies, papacy, portapack, portapacks, postimpact, prepack, prepackage, prepackaged, prepackages, prepackaging, prepacked, prepacking, prepacks, rapacious, rapaciously, rapaciousness, rapaciousnesses, rapacities, rapacity, repacified, repacifies, repacify, repacifying, repack, repackage, repackaged, repackager, repackagers, repackages, repackaging, repacked, repacking, repacks, respace, respaced, respaces, respacing, retropack, retropacks, shoepack, shoepacks, shoepacs, snowpack, snowpacks, space, spaceband, spacebands, spacecraft, spacecrafts, spaced, spaceflight, spaceflights, spaceless, spaceman, spacemen, spaceport, spaceports, spacer, spacers, spaces, spaceship, spaceships, spacesuit, spacesuits, spacewalk, spacewalked, spacewalker, spacewalkers, spacewalking, spacewalks, spaceward, spacey, spacial, spacier, spaciest, spacing, spacings, spacious, spaciously, spaciousness, spaciousnesses, spackle, spackled, spackles, spackling, spacy, subcompact, subcompacts, subspace, subspaces, transpacific, tripack, tripacks, ultracompact, unpack, unpacked, unpacker, unpackers, unpacking, unpacks, woolpack, woolpacks. (additional references) | |
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"PAC" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Apac, Apbc, Bpca, Bpic, Epca, Ippac, Paci, Paicf, Pauca, Phab, Phac, Pmac, Pomc, Pparc, Psac, Ptac, Ptak. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PAC" (pronounced pa"k) |
| 3 | p a" k | pack, repack, unpack. |
| 2 | -a" k | aback, attack, back, black, clack, crack, Dak, Flack, flak, hack, Jack, knack, lac, lack, Mac, Mack, plack, plaque, quack, rack, sac, sack, shack, slack, smack, snack, stack, tack, track, wack, whack, wrack, yack, Yak. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cap. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-p" | |
-1 letter: pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-p" | |
+1 letter: camp, cape, caph, capo, caps, carp, chap, clap, crap, paca, pace, pack, pacs, pact, pica. | |
+2 letters: apace, aspic, becap, campi, campo, camps, campy, caped, caper, capes, caphs, capon, capos, caput, carpi, carps, champ, chape, chaps, chapt, cheap, clamp, claps, clapt, clasp, coapt, copal, copra, cramp, crape, craps, culpa, cuppa, epact, pacas, paced, pacer, paces, pacha, packs, pacts, panic, parch, patch, peace, peach, pecan, pical, picas, place, plack, plica, poach, pucka, recap, scalp, scamp, scape, scarp, scaup, scrap, space, spacy, spica, uncap. | |
+3 letters: accept, adipic, alpaca, apache, apercu, apical, apices, apiece, apneic, aspect, aspics, atopic, atypic, backup, becaps, bipack, caliph, calpac, camped, camper, campos, campus, canape, canopy, capers, capful, capias, capita, caplet, caplin, capons, capote, capped, capper, capric, capris, capsid, captan, captor, carhop, carpal, carped, carpel, carper, carpet, carpus, cartop, catnap, catnip, catsup, champs, champy, chapel, chapes, cheapo, cheaps, clamps, clasps, claspt, coapts, copalm, copals, coppra, coprah, copras, copula, cowpat, cowpea, cramps, craped, crapes, crappy, culpae, cupola, cuppas, cupula, decamp, encamp, epacts, eparch, epical, escape, escarp, faceup, haptic, hepcat, hubcap, icecap, impact, ipecac, madcap, mobcap, mudcap, pacers, pachas, pacify, pacing, packed, packer, packet, packly, painch, palace, panics, papacy, parcel, parsec, pascal, pataca, patchy, paunch, peaced, peaces, peachy, pecans, pechan, phasic, phatic, pianic, picara, picaro, pickax, piracy, placed, placer, places, placet, placid, placks, plaice, planch, pleach, plicae, plical, poachy, pomace, prance, preach, preact, recaps, redcap, repack, scalps, scampi, scamps, scaped, scapes, scarph, scarps, scaups, scrape, scraps, secpar, skycap, spaced, spacer, spaces, spacey, spicae, spicas, teacup, tipcat, toecap, uncaps, unpack, upcast, yapock. | |
+4 letters: acaleph, acapnia, accepts, agapeic, alpacas, apaches, apercus, aphasic, aphetic, aphonic, aphotic, apicals, apiculi, aplitic, apnoeic, apocarp, apocope, apogeic, apomict, apraxic, apricot, aprotic, aseptic, aspects, auspice, backups, beclasp, bipacks, bluecap, cajaput, cajeput, cajuput, calipee, caliper, caliphs, calpack, calpacs, caltrap, caltrop, calypso, campers, camphol, camphor, campier, campily, camping, campion, campong, canapes, cantrap, cantrip, capable, capably, capelan, capelet, capelin, capered, caperer, capfuls, capital, capitol, capless, caplets, caplins, caporal, capotes, capouch, cappers, capping, caprice, caprine, caprock, capsids, capsize, capstan, capsule, captain, captans, caption, captive, captors, capture, capuche, carapax, carhops, carpale, carpals, carpels, carpers, carpets, carping, carpool, carport, catalpa, catchup, catnaps, catnips, catspaw, catsups, champac, champak, champed, champer, chapati, chapeau, chapels, chaplet, chapman, chapmen, chapped, chapter, charpai, charpoy, cheapen, cheaper, cheapie, cheaply, cheapos, chutzpa, clamped, clamper, clapped, clapper, clasped, clasper, claypan, cleanup, clypeal, coalpit, coapted, compact, company, compare, compart, compass, copaiba, copalms, coppras, coprahs, copulae, copular, copulas, copycat, corpora, cowflap, cowpats, cowpeas, crackup, cramped, crampit, crampon, craping, crapped, crapper, crappie, cryptal, cupcake, cupolas, cupulae, cupular, cuspate, cyprian, cypsela, decamps, decapod, diptyca, ectopia, ectypal, edaphic, emplace, encamps, enclasp, eparchs, eparchy, epicarp, episcia, epochal, escalop, escaped, escapee, escaper, escapes, escarps, exocarp, flatcap, graphic, haircap, hepatic, hepcats, hopsack, hubcaps, icecaps, impacts, impeach, inclasp, inscape, ipecacs, isopach, jackpot, jalapic, kneecap, madcaps, manpack, matchup, mobcaps, mudcaps, mudpack, oilcamp, opacify, opacity, optical, outpace, pachisi, pachuco, pacific, package, packers, packets, packing, packman, packmen, packwax, paction, paddock, padlock, palaced, palaces, panacea, panache, pancake, panchax, pandect, panicky, panicle, panicum, panocha, panoche, paprica, parcels, parched, parches, paretic, parodic, parotic, parsecs, pascals, paschal, patacas, patched, patcher, patches, patency, paucity, paunchy, payback, peached, peacher, peaches, peacing, peacoat, peacock, peascod, peccant, peccary, peccavi, pechans, pectase, pectate, peculia, pedicab, pedocal, pelagic, pelican, pemican, penance, peracid, percale, phallic, picacho, picador, picante, picaras, picaros, pickaxe, picrate, pinnace, piratic, piscary, piscina, placard, placate, placebo, placers, placets, placing, placket, placoid, plaices, planche, plasmic, plastic, playact, plectra, pliancy, plicate, poached, poacher, poaches, pochard, polecat, pollack, pomaces, potamic, potlach, practic, pranced, prancer, prances, preachy, preacts, precast, precava, preface, prelacy, prepack, prerace, priapic, primacy, privacy, procarp, prosaic, psalmic, psoatic, puranic, pyaemic, reclasp, redcaps, repacks, repatch, replace, replica, respace, sapphic, scaleup, scallop, scalped, scalpel, scalper, scamped, scamper, scaping, scapose, scapula, scarped, scarper, scarphs, scauper, schappe, schnaps, scopula, scraped, scraper, scrapes, scrapie, scrappy, secpars, shoepac, skycaps, snowcap, spacers, spacial, spacier, spacing, spackle, spancel, spastic, spathic, special, spectra, specula, spicate, spicula, spinach, stackup, syncarp, tapioca, teacups, tipcart, tipcats, toecaps, topcoat, topical, tripack, typical, unclamp, unclasp, unpacks, upcasts, upcoast, upreach, upscale, wickape, yapocks. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 41 43 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000001 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P A C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0041 0043 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)503537 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Names: Company Usage 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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