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Definition: TAC |
TACNoun1. A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records. |
Date "TAC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Note: Tac \Tac\, noun. [Compare to Tack, noun,]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | TAC 1. Translator Assembler-Compiler. For Philco 2000. 2. Terminal Access Controller. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
TAC | English | Angel dust | N/A |
TAC | French | Taux d'appauvrissement en cations | Chemistry, Environment |
TAC | Greek | κωδικός έγκρισης τύπου | N/A |
TAC | Italian | Tomografia assiale computerizzata | Electrical Engineering, Medicine |
TAC | Spanish | Totales admisibles de capturas | Food & Agriculture, European Union |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: TAC |
| Specialty definitions using "TAC": ALTAC ♦ Terminal Access Controller, Text Reckoning And Compiling, TLAs. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TAC": Tac-au-tac. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "TAC" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (crack, cue, slap, smack, tramp), Scottish (a lease, strangle). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tic Tac de una ciudad (1967) The New Tic Tac Dough (1978) Du tac au tac (1976) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Play | Caption |
 | Tic tac sound made by a small percussion instrument. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "TAC" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 29.55% of the time. "TAC" is used about 44 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) | 29.55% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 29.55% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.73% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (common) | 18.18% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 44 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "TAC": Tac-au-tac, tac-tac. | |
Ending with "TAC": tic-tac. | |
Containing "TAC": Tic-tac-toe. | |
| 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 |
tac | 284 |
tic tac | 104 |
motorola star tac | 62 |
sea tac | 45 |
tac worldwide | 43 |
ops tac | 26 |
america tac | 22 |
tac trigger | 19 |
tac worldwide company | 19 |
tie tac | 16 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TAC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | TAC som sikkerhedsforanstaltning (precautionary TAC). (various references) | |
Dutch | preventieve TAC (precautionary TAC). (various references) | |
French | TAC de précaution (precautionary TAC). (various references) | |
German | vorsorgliche TAC (precautionary TAC). (various references) | |
Greek | προσωρινά TAC (precautionary TAC). (various references) | |
Italian | TAC precauzionale (precautionary TAC). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | actay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | TAC de precaução (precautionary TAC). (various references) | |
Spanish | TAC cautelar (precautionary TAC). (various references) | |
Swedish | TAC som omfattas av särskilda bestämmelser om iakttagande av försiktighet (precautionary TAC). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 7, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Nun oun uie akoue mou kai prosece rhmasin stomatoV mou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nunc ergo fili audi me et adtende verba oris mei |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Now thanne, sone myn, here thou me; and tac tente to the woordis of my mouth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 7, Verse 24 |
| Bulgarian | Сега, прочее, чада, послушайте ме. И внимавайте в думите на устата ми. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Busa karon, mga anak ko, patalinghug kamo kanako, Ug matngoni ninyo ang mga pulong sa akong baba. |
| Chinese | 眾 子 阿 、 現 在 要 聽 從 我 、 留 心 聽 我 口 中 的 話 。 |
| Croatian | Zato me, sine moj, poslušaj i èuj rijeèi mojih usta. |
| Danish | Hør mig da nu, min Søn, og lyt til min Munds Ord! |
| Dutch | Nu dan, kinderen, hoort naar mij, en luistert naar de redenen mijns monds. |
| Finnish | Sentähden, poikani, kuulkaa minua, kuunnelkaa minun suuni sanoja. |
| French | Et maintenant, mes fils, écoutez-moi, Et soyez attentifs aux paroles de ma bouche. |
| German | So gehorchet mir nun, meine Kinder, und merket auf die Rede meines Mundes. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Koulye a, pitit mwen yo, koute byen. Louvri zòrèy nou, tande sa m'ap di nou. |
| Hungarian | Annakokáért most, fiaim, hallgassatok engem, és figyelmezzetek az én számnak beszédeire. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab itu, anak-anak, dengarkanlah aku. Perhatikanlah nasihat-nasihatku. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sekarangpun, hai anak-anakku! dengarlah kiranya olehmu akan daku dan perhatikanlah perkataan mulutku. |
| Italian | Ora, figlio mio, ascoltami, f attenzione alle parole della mia bocca. |
| Korean | 아 " " 아 나 를 " 내 입 의 말 에 주 의 하 라 |
| Maori | ¶ No reira, e aku tamariki, whakarongo ki ahau, maharatia nga kupu a toku mangai. |
| Norwegian | Så hør nu på mig, barn, og akt på min munns ord! |
| Portuguese | Agora, pois, filhos, ouvi-me, e estai atentos s palavras da minha boca. |
| Rumanian | Wi acum, fiilor, ascultayi-mq, wi luayi aminte la cuvintele gurii mele. |
| Russian | йФБЛ, "ЕФЙ, УМХЫБКФЕ НЕОС Й ЧОЙНБКФЕ УМПЧБН ХУФ НПЙИ. |
| Spanish | Ahora pues, hijos, oídme; prestad atención a los dichos de mi boca. |
| Swedish | Så hören mig nu, I barn, och given akt på min muns tal. |
| Thai | โอ บุตรทั้งหลายเอ๋ย บั"นี้จงฟังเราและจงตั้งใจต่อถ้อยคำจากปากของเรา |
| Ukrainian | ¶ А тепер, мої діти, мене ви послухайте, і на слова моїх уст уважайте: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "TAC": tacamahac, tacamahacs, tace, taces, tacet, tach, tache, taches, tachinid, tachinids, tachism, tachisme, tachismes, tachisms, tachist, tachiste, tachistes, tachistoscope, tachistoscopes, tachistoscopic, tachistoscopically, tachists, tachometer, tachometers, tachs, tachyarrhythmia, tachyarrhythmias, tachycardia, tachycardias, tachyon, tachyons, tacit, tacitly, tacitness, tacitnesses, taciturn, taciturnities, taciturnity, tack, tackboard, tackboards, tacked, tacker, tackers, tacket, tackets, tackey, tackier, tackiest, tackified, tackifier, tackifiers, tackifies, tackify, tackifying, tackily, tackiness, tackinesses, tacking, tackle, tackled, tackler, tacklers, tackles, tackless, tackling, tacklings, tacks, tacky, tacnode, tacnodes, taco, taconite, taconites, tacos, tacrine, tacrines, tact, tactful, tactfully, tactfulness, tactfulnesses, tactic, tactical, tactically, tactician, tacticians, tactics, tactile, tactilely, tactilities, tactility, taction, tactions, tactless, tactlessly, tactlessness, tactlessnesses, tacts, tactual, tactually. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "TAC": tictac. (additional references) | |
Words containing "TAC": antacid, antacids, apostacies, apostacy, atactic, attach, attachable, attache, attached, attacher, attachers, attaches, attaching, attachment, attachments, attack, attacked, attacker, attackers, attacking, attackman, attackmen, attacks, autacoid, autacoids, bespectacled, catachreses, catachresis, catachrestic, catachrestical, catachrestically, cataclysm, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, cataclysmically, cataclysms, catacomb, catacombs, cetacean, cetaceans, cetaceous, chemotactic, chemotactically, conceptacle, conceptacles, contact, contacted, contactee, contactees, contacting, contacts, counterattack, counterattacked, counterattacker, counterattackers, counterattacking, counterattacks, countertactics, crustacea, crustacean, crustaceans, crustaceous, detach, detachabilities, detachability, detachable, detachably, detached, detachedly, detachedness, detachednesses, detacher, detachers, detaches, detaching, detachment, detachments, eustacies, eustacy, geotactic, hackmatack, hackmatacks, hardtack, hardtacks, haystack, haystacks, heartache, heartaches, heptachlor, heptachlors, hypotactic, intact, intactness, intactnesses, intestacies, intestacy, iotacism, iotacisms, isotach, isotachs, isotactic, metacarpal, metacarpals, metacarpi, metacarpus, metacenter, metacenters, metacentric, metacentrics, metacercaria, metacercariae, metacercarial, metachromatic, moustache, moustaches, moustachio, moustachios, mustache, mustached, mustaches, mustachio, mustachioed, mustachios, nonattached, nonattachment, nonattachments, noncontact, noncontacts, nondetachable, nonspectacular, obstacle, obstacles, outachieve, outachieved, outachieves, outachieving, outact, outacted, outacting, outacts, paratactic, paratactical, paratactically, pataca, patacas, pentachlorophenol, pentachlorophenols, pentacle, pentacles, phonotactic, phonotactics, phototactic, phototactically, phyllotactic, pistache, pistaches, pistachio, pistachios, postaccident, postattack, precontact, prostacyclin, prostacyclins, protactinium, protactiniums, psittacine, psittacines, psittacoses, psittacosis, psittacotic, reattach, reattached, reattaches, reattaching, reattachment, reattachments, reattack, reattacked, reattacking, reattacks, receptacle, receptacles, recontact, recontacted, recontacting, recontacts, restack, restacked, restacking, restacks, retack, retacked, retacking, retackle, retackled, retackles, retackling, retacks, semidetached, setaceous, smokestack, smokestacks, soutache, soutaches, spectacle, spectacled, spectacles, spectacular, spectacularly, spectaculars, staccati, staccato, staccatos, stack, stackable, stacked, stacker, stackers, stacking, stacks, stackup, stackups, stacte, stactes, stereotactic, submetacentric, submetacentrics, superspectacle, superspectacles, superspectacular, superspectaculars, syntactic, syntactical, syntactically, syntactics, tentacle, tentacled, tentacles, tentacular, testaceous, testacies, testacy, thermotactic, thumbtack, thumbtacked, thumbtacking, thumbtacks, ticktack, ticktacked, ticktacking, ticktacks, ticktacktoe, ticktacktoes, tictacked, tictacking, tictacs, unattached, unspectacular, unstack, unstacked, unstacking, unstacks, untack, untacked, untacking, untacks, untactful. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "ac": Bac, FAC, mac, PAC. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: act, cat. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-t" | |
-1 letter: at, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-t" | |
+1 letter: acta, acts, cant, cart, cast, cate, cats, chat, coat, fact, pact, scat, tace, tach, tack, taco, tact, talc. | |
+2 letters: aceta, acted, actin, actor, acute, aitch, antic, ascot, attic, batch, bract, cacti, cadet, canst, canto, cants, canty, caput, carat, caret, carte, carts, caste, casts, catch, cater, cates, catty, cesta, chant, chapt, chart, chats, cheat, clapt, clast, cleat, coact, coapt, coast, coati, coats, costa, cotan, cotta, craft, crate, dicta, ducat, eclat, enact, epact, exact, facet, facts, hatch, latch, match, natch, octad, octal, octan, pacts, patch, ratch, react, recta, scant, scart, scats, scatt, scuta, stack, taces, tacet, tache, tachs, tacit, tacks, tacky, tacos, tacts, talcs, taroc, teach, tecta, thack, theca, tical, trace, track, tract, triac, vatic, watch, yacht. | |
+3 letters: abduct, abject, accent, accept, accost, acetal, acetic, acetin, acetum, acetyl, acquit, acting, actins, action, active, actors, actual, acuate, acuity, acuter, acutes, addict, adduct, advect, affect, amtrac, antick, antics, aortic, arctic, ascent, ascots, aspect, atavic, ataxic, atelic, atomic, atonic, atopic, attach, attack, attics, atypic, avocet, azotic, bobcat, bracts, cablet, cachet, cactus, cadent, cadets, caftan, cahoot, callet, camlet, cannot, canted, canter, canthi, cantic, cantle, canton, cantor, cantos, cantus, capita, caplet, capote, captan, captor, carate, carats, carets, carnet, carpet, carrot, carted, cartel, carter, cartes, carton, cartop, casita, casket, caster, castes, castle, castor, catalo, catchy, catena, caters, catgut, cation, catkin, catlin, catnap, catnip, catsup, catted, cattie, cattle, caught, caveat, cavity, cavort, centai, cental, centas, centra, cerate, cestas, cetane, chaeta, chalet, chalot, chants, chanty, charts, chaste, chatty, chaunt, cheats, chetah, chital, citola, citral, claret, claspt, clasts, cleats, coacts, coapts, coasts, coated, coatee, coater, coatis, cobalt, coital, comate, combat, contra, costae, costal, costar, cotans, coteau, cottae, cottar, cottas, cowpat, crafts, crafty, cratch, crated, crater, crates, craton, cravat, create, crista, cuesta, curate, curtal, cushat, cutlas, dacoit, dactyl, datcha, decant, detach, dicast, didact, ducats, ductal, ecarte, eclats, ejecta, enacts, enatic, epacts, exacta, exacts, facete, facets, factor, faucet, fracti, haptic, hepcat, iatric, impact, incant, intact, italic, jacket, klatch, lactam, lactic, lancet, locate, mantic, mascot, mastic, misact, mudcat, muscat, nastic, nautch, nectar, octads, octane, octans, octant, octave, octavo, outact, oxcart, packet, pataca, patchy, phatic, placet, preact, rachet, racist, racket, reacts, recant, recast, rectal, redact, retack, rictal, sacbut, sachet, sancta, scants, scanty, scarts, scathe, scatts, scatty, scotia, scrota, secant, slatch, snatch, stacks, stacte, stance, stanch, starch, static, swatch, taches, tacked, tacker, tacket, tackey, tackle, tactic, talced, talcky, talcum, tambac, tannic, tanrec, tarmac, tarocs, teacup, tectal, tenace, thacks, thatch, thecae, thecal, thwack, ticals, tictac, tincal, tipcat, toecap, tombac, tomcat, toucan, traced, tracer, traces, tracks, tracts, tragic, trance, triacs, trocar, tunica, turaco, untack, upcast, uratic, vacant, vacate, viatic, waucht, yachts. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 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)01010100 01000001 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T A C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 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)543537 |
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