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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | OIC |
Slang | Abbreviation. Source: Computer. Definition: Oh I see. Context: Used when showing that you understand. Social Source: Instant Messenger Users. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "OIC."
| 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 |
OIC | English | Organization of the Islamic Conference | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: OIC |
| Specialty definitions using "OIC": TLAs. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Survey launch on the EXPLORER being picked up at the end of a survey day in the Pribilof Islands. Launch OIC is passing boat sheet to ship. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | New Zealand | In practice, OIC approval requirements have not been an obstacle for U.S. investors. (references) |
Afghanistan | Repeated Taliban efforts to occupy Afghanistan's seat at the UN and OIC were unsuccessful. (references) | |
Iraq | In January 1984, Iraq successfully led Arab efforts within the OIC to restore Egypt's membership. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "OIC" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 42.86% of the time. "OIC" is used about 7 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 (singular) | 42.86% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
oic | 89 |
oic valve | 8 |
ind index.html info irs.ustreas.gov oic | 5 |
gm oic | 5 |
milwaukee oic | 2 |
international oic | 2 |
america oic | 2 |
academy oic summit | 2 |
admiralty oic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "OIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | szolgálatban lévõ tiszt (officer in charge), rangidõs tiszt (officer in charge). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | oicay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "OIC": allantoic, anechoic, antiheroic, azoic, benzoic, bistroic, chorioallantoic, cleidoic, dichroic, diploic, dyspnoic, echoic, endozoic, entozoic, epizoic, gabbroic, heroic, holozoic, hylozoic, metazoic, paranoic, pleochroic, polyzoic, saprozoic, stoic, unheroic, zoic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "OIC": choice, choicely, choiceness, choicenesses, choicer, choices, choicest, devoice, devoiced, devoices, devoicing, dioicous, heroical, heroically, heroicomic, heroicomical, heroics, hoick, hoicked, hoicking, hoicks, invoice, invoiced, invoices, invoicing, mischoice, mischoices, outvoice, outvoiced, outvoices, outvoicing, paranoically, paranoics, rejoice, rejoiced, rejoicer, rejoicers, rejoices, rejoicing, rejoicingly, rejoicings, revoice, revoiced, revoices, revoicing, stoical, stoically, stoichiometric, stoichiometrically, stoichiometries, stoichiometry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-o" | |
+1 letter: ciao, cion, coif, coil, coin, coir, coni, fico, foci, icon, loci, odic, otic, zoic. | |
+2 letters: azoic, bocci, boric, chiao, chico, chino, chiro, choir, cibol, cions, cisco, coati, cobia, cocci, coifs, coign, coils, coins, coirs, colic, colin, comic, comix, conic, conin, corgi, coria, cosie, covin, cozie, croci, curio, dicot, disco, dolci, domic, hoick, ichor, icons, incog, iodic, ionic, logic, lotic, micro, nicol, oculi, ohmic, oleic, ontic, optic, orcin, orgic, osmic, picot, pisco, scion, sicko, sodic, sonic, stoic, tonic, topic, toric, toxic, voice, wilco, yogic, yonic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 49 43 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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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)01001111 01001001 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O I C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0049 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)494337 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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