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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Rc 1. |
Agriculture | Regional conservationist. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
RC or R/C can mean:
- remote control, especially as in a model remote control vehicle (R/C car)
- a release candidate in software engineering
- the reflection coefficient of a circuit
- a resistance/capacitance circuit in electronics
- Roman Catholic
- Royal Crown cola
- Royal Commission
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "RC."
| 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 |
RC | Dutch | Rekencentrum | Public Administration, Computing |
RC | English | Rand Corporation | N/A |
RC | Italian | Rifondazione comunista | Politics & International Affaires |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: RC |
| Specialty definitions using "RC": .cshrc, .mailrc, .newsrc, .twmrc ♦ C shell ♦ Extensible Shell ♦ LPL, Lucent Technologies ♦ McG360, Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems ♦ Pascal-80 ♦ rc file, Real-Time Pascal. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | RC II (1991) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Hyper III, M2-F2 & RC Mothership. Credit: NASA. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "RC Car" by Gregor Van Egdom Commentary: "A small red r/c car on a glass plate." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Eastman RC, Gorden P, Glatstein E, Roth J. Radiation Therapy of Acromegaly. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "RC" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.14% of the time. "RC" is used about 175 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) | 93.14% | 163 | 24,498 |
| Noun (singular) | 4% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (common) | 2.86% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 175 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Norway | Rc Gruppen ASA |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "RC": rc file. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "RC": rc-coupled. | |
Ending with "RC": Elf-rc, Pyac-rc. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
rc car | 3,058 | rc model | 118 |
rc plane | 1,278 | rc tank | 117 |
rc airplane | 1,231 | rc jet | 110 |
control control r c radio rc remote | 1,201 | rc cola | 105 |
rc boat | 883 | rc video | 104 |
rc helicopter | 866 | rc sail boat | 100 |
rc | 755 | nikko rc | 95 |
rc willey | 391 | rc racing | 95 |
mini rc car | 370 | model rc scale vehicle | 95 |
rc truck | 355 | monster truck rc | 92 |
gas rc car | 293 | rc car part | 91 |
nitro rc car | 287 | micro rc car | 85 |
rc hobby | 223 | rc sproul | 84 |
gas powered rc car | 220 | component rc | 80 |
mini rc | 200 | electric rc airplane | 80 |
rc universe | 195 | rc toy | 77 |
micro rc | 175 | electric rc car | 77 |
rc mini racer | 141 | rc heli | 76 |
rc nitro | 138 | nitro rc truck | 75 |
rc submarine | 132 | gas rc truck | 74 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "RC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | RC-tijd (CR time, RC time, time constant), RC-produkt (CR time, RC time, time constant). (various references) | |
German | RC-Zeit (CR time, RC time, time constant), RC-Produkt (CR time, RC time, time constant), Zeitkonstante (CR time, RC time, time constant). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | rcay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "RC": arc, ectosarc, endosarc, futharc, futhorc, marc, narc, orc, perisarc, torc. (additional references) | |
Words containing "RC": acritarch, acritarchs, adenocarcinoma, adenocarcinomas, adenocarcinomata, adenocarcinomatous, aftercare, aftercares, afterclap, afterclaps, aircheck, airchecks, aircoach, aircoaches, aircraft, aircrew, aircrews, altercate, altercated, altercates, altercating, altercation, altercations, amerce, amerced, amercement, amercements, amercer, amercers, amerces, amerciable, amercing, anarch, anarchic, anarchical, anarchically, anarchies, anarchism, anarchisms, anarchist, anarchistic, anarchists, anarchs, anarchy, anasarca, anasarcas, anasarcous, antarctic, antiaircraft, antiaircrafts, anticarcinogen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "c-r" | |
+1 letter: arc, car, cor, cry, cur, orc, rec, roc. | |
+2 letters: acre, arch, arco, arcs, carb, card, care, cark, carl, carn, carp, carr, cars, cart, cere, cero, char, cire, coir, cord, core, corf, cork, corm, corn, cors, cory, crab, crag, cram, crap, craw, crew, crib, cris, croc, crop, crow, crud, crus, crux, curb, curd, cure, curf, curl, curn, curr, curs, curt, czar, ecru, marc, narc, orca, orcs, race, rack, racy, reck, recs, rice, rich, rick, rock, rocs, ruck, scar, scry, torc, uric. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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