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OC

Date "OC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

"OC" is a common misspelling or typo for: co, cow, of, ox.

 

Specialty Definition: OC

DomainDefinition

Computing

Oc ("Oh see!") A parallel logic language. ["Self-Description of Oc and its Applications", M. Hirata, Proc 2nd Natl Conf Japan Soc Soft Sci Tech, pp. 153-156, 1984]. (1995-03-16). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: OC

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

OC

DutchOppervlakte cultuurgrondEuropean Union

OC

EnglishOil CoolerN/A

OC

FrenchOrganisme de certificationN/A

OC

GermanOperations-CharakteristikBusiness

OC

SpanishOndas decamétricasElectrical Engineering

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: OC

English words defined with "OC": One-valued function. (references)
Specialty definitions using "OC": Brixcoagulante químicoDirected Oc, dry extractpearl wine., perl wine, petillant wine. (references)
Non-English Usage: "OC" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (their, theirs).

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Commercial Usage: OC

DomainTitle

Books

  • Domain Decomposition Methods in Scientific and Engineering Computing: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Domain Decomposition Oc (reference)

  • Forming Civil Engineering's Future: Proceedings of the 1999 National Civil Engineering Education Congress, Oc Tober 16-20, 1999, Charlotte, Nowth ca (reference)

  • New Methods in Optimization and Their Industrial Uses: State of the Art, Recent Advances, Perspectives: Proceedings of the Symposia Held in Pau, Oc (reference)

  • Philadelphia, Three Centuries of American Art: Selections from the Bicentennial Exhibition Held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from April 11 to oc (reference)

  • Risk-Based Decision Making in Water Resources VI: Proceedings of the Sixth Conference Sponsored by the Engineering Foundation, Santa Barbara, Ca, Oc (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

  • Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia / Hagegard · Larmore · Giménez · Corbelli · Ramey · Frittoli · Lausanne OC · López-Cobos (reference)

    (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: OC

Illustrations:
OC

More pictures...

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Photo Album: OC

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Bioterrorism Preparedness Press Briefing, August 27, 2002. Moderator: Lisa Swenarski, OC. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: OC

"OC" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 59.09% of the time. "OC" is used about 22 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)59.09%1397,576
Unclassified Items18.18%4175,879
Noun (common)13.64%3202,518
Noun (proper)9.09%2245,945
                    Total100.00%22N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: OC

Expression using "OC": directed Oc. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "OC": OC-12, OC-3, OC-48, OC-n.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OC

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

oc register

981

oc spray

27

oc transpo

350

mortgage oc

25

oc

308

oc att

24

oc weekly

183

cox.com oc

22

fair oc

88

oc system

22

oc tanner

43

oc performing arts center

22

oc remix

43

chopper oc

21

fox oc

43

oc welch

20

oc register.com

43

oc restaurant

20

oc sheriff

42

maryland oc

19

auto oc trader

42

oc ottawa transpo

19

oc now

40

exotics oc

19

the oc supertones

35

oc 12

18

oc 192

35

oc ocean

18

md oc

33

oc 48

17

oc job

32

oc rental

17

review oc

31

oc news

15

escort oc

30

oc performing arts

14

oc 3

28

oc recycler

14

finder job oc

28

boardwalk cam oc

14
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: OC

Language Translations for "OC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

fin,lamellar perlit,hvor karbidlamellerne findes som korte,ofte bugtede,uregelmaessigt fordelte stave (broken and irregular rods, fine lamellar pearlite, in which the carbide lamellae oc cur as short), det som kedelstaal velegnede manganstaal bliver foer anvendelsen normaliseret ved 880 grader til 910 grader C og spaendingsfrigloedet mellem 530 grader og 620 grader C (is normalized industrially at 880 to 9l0 C and is then stress relieved between 550 and 620 oC, suitable for boiler plates, them manganese steel), den homogene kimdannelse kraever en underafkoeling paa mere end 100 grader C (homogeneous germination necessitates a degree of supercooling greater than l00 oC). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

homogene kiemvorming heeft een onderkoeling nodig van meer dan 100 C (homogeneous germination necessitates a degree of supercooling greater than l00 oC), het voor ketelplaat geschikte mangaanstaal wordt voor industriële toepassingen bij 880 tot 910 C normaalgegloeid en wordt daarna spanningsarmgegloeid tussen 550 en 620 C (is normalized industrially at 880 to 9l0 C and is then stress relieved between 550 and 620 oC, suitable for boiler plates, them manganese steel), fijn lamellair perliet waarin lamellaire carbiden als korte,vaak gebroken lamellen onregelmatig verdeeld voorkomen (broken and irregular rods, fine lamellar pearlite, in which the carbide lamellae oc cur as short). (various references)

   

French

  

une perlite lamellaire fine, les lamelles de carbure en sont courtes, souvent incurvées et disposées irrégulièrement (in which the carbide lamellae oc cur as short), la germination homogène exige une température de surfusion supérieure l00 oC (homogeneous germination necessitates a degree of supercooling greater than l00 oC), dans la pratique industrielle, l'acier au manganèse destiné la fabrication de tôles pour chaudières, est soumis une normalisation entre 880 et 910 oC et un recuit de détente entre 500 et 620 oC (is normalized industrially at 880 to 9l0 C and is then stress relieved between 550 and 620 oC). (various references)

   

German

  

feinstreifiger Perlit, bei dem die Karbidlamellen kurz, oft gewunden und unregelmaessig angeordnet sind (broken and irregular rods, fine lamellar pearlite, in which the carbide lamellae oc cur as short), die homogene Keimbildung erfordert eine Unterkuehlung von mehr als l00 oC (homogeneous germination necessitates a degree of supercooling greater than l00 oC), der fuer Kesselbleche geeignete Mangan-Stahl wird fuer die technische Verwendung bei 880 bis 910 c normalgeglueht und erhaelt eine Spannungsfreigluehung zwischen 550 und 620 oC (is normalized industrially at 880 to 9l0 C and is then stress relieved between 550 and 620 oC, suitable for boiler plates, them manganese steel). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στην βιομηχανία,ο μαγγανιούχος χάλυβας,χρήσιμος στην κατασκευή ελασμάτων για λέβητες,υφίσταται εξομάλυνση μεταξύ 880° και 910° C και αποτατι (is normalized industrially at 880 to 9l0 C and is then stress relieved between 550 and 620 oC, suitable for boiler plates, them manganese steel), η ομοιογενής πυρηνοποίηση απαιτεί θερμοκρασία υπέρτηξης ανώτερη των 100° C (homogeneous germination necessitates a degree of supercooling greater than l00 oC), λεπτομερής φυλλοειδής περλίτης εντός του οποίου τα φυλλίδια καρβιδίου είναι μικρού μήκους,τεθλασμένα και διευθετημένα ακανόνιστα (broken and irregular rods, fine lamellar pearlite, in which the carbide lamellae oc cur as short). (various references)

   

Italian

  

perlite a lamelle fini in cui le lamelle di carburo sono corte, spesso incurvate e disposte irregolarmente (broken and irregular rods, fine lamellar pearlite, in which the carbide lamellae oc cur as short), per l'impiego industriale l'acciaio al manganese destinato a lamiere di caldaie viene normalizzato tra 880 e 910C e disteso tra 550 e 620C (is normalized industrially at 880 to 9l0 C and is then stress relieved between 550 and 620 oC, suitable for boiler plates, them manganese steel), La nucleazione omogenea richiede un sottoraffreddamento di oltre100.deg.C (homogeneous germination necessitates a degree of supercooling greater than l00 oC). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ocay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

a germinação homogénea exige uma temperatura de sobrefusão superior a 100 graus C (homogeneous germination necessitates a degree of supercooling greater than l00 oC). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

океан (deep, oc ocean, ocean). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

jefe (bellwether, boss, chef, chief, chieftain, foreman, guv, head, headman, leader, manager, master, minister, officer, president, scoutmaster, superior). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: OC

Derivations

Words beginning with "OC": oca, ocarina, ocarinas, ocas, occasion, occasional, occasionally, occasioned, occasioning, occasions, occident, occidental, occidentalize, occidentalized, occidentalizes, occidentalizing, occidentally, occidents, occipita, occipital, occipitally, occipitals, occiput, occiputs, occlude, occluded, occludes, occluding, occlusal, occlusion, occlusions, occlusive, occult, occultation, occultations, occulted, occulter, occulters, occulting, occultism, occultisms, occultist, occultists, occultly, occults, occupancies, occupancy, occupant, occupants, occupation, occupational. (additional references)

Words ending with "OC": bloc, croc, doc, duroc, floc, havoc, manioc, moc, nostoc, postdoc, roc, taroc, tictoc. (additional references)

Words containing "OC": acanthocephalan, acanthocephalans, acock, acrocentric, acrocentrics, adenocarcinoma, adenocarcinomas, adenocarcinomata, adenocarcinomatous, adipocyte, adipocytes, adrenochrome, adrenochromes, adrenocortical, adrenocorticosteroid, adrenocorticosteroids, adrenocorticotrophic, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotrophins, adrenocorticotropic, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotropins, advocacies, advocacy, advocate, advocated, advocates, advocating, advocation, advocations, advocative, advocator, advocators, aftershock, aftershocks, agalloch, agallochs, agranulocyte, agranulocytes, agranulocytoses, agranulocytosis, agrochemical, agrochemicals, allocable, allocatable, allocate, allocated, allocates, allocating, allocation, allocations. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: OC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "c-o"
 

+1 letter: cob, cod, cog, col, con, coo, cop, cor, cos, cot, cow, cox, coy, coz, doc, moc, oca, orc, roc.

 

+2 letters: arco, bloc, bock, calo, capo, cero, chao, chon, chop, chow, ciao, cion, clod, clog, clon, clop, clot, cloy, coal, coat, coax, cobb, cobs, coca, coco, coda, code, cods, coed, coff, coft, cogs, coho, coif, coil, coin, coir, coke, cola, cold, cole, cols, colt, coly, coma, comb, come, comp, cone, coni, conk, conn, cons, cony, coof, cook, cool, coon, coop, coos, coot, cope, cops, copy, cord, core, corf, cork, corm, corn, cors, cory, cosh, coss, cost, cosy, cote, cots, coup, cove, cowl, cows, cowy, coxa, coys, cozy, croc, crop, crow, deco, dock, docs, echo, fico, floc, foci, hock, icon, jock, loca, loch, loci, lock, loco, mock, mocs, nock, ocas, odic, once, orca, orcs, otic, ouch, pock, poco, rock, rocs, scop, scot, scow, sock, taco, torc, unco, yock, zoic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Abbreviations
11. Acronyms
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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