p.c.

¹

abbreviation for

1. (in prescriptions) after eating; after meals.

p.c.

²

abbreviation for

1. percent.
2. petty cash.
3. postal card.
4. price current.
5. printed circuit.

pc

³

1. picocurie; picocuries.

PC

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Peace Corps.
2. personal computer.
3. player character.
4. politically correct.
5. printed circuit.
6. professional corporation.
7. pubococcygeus.

pc.

⁵

abbreviation for

, plural pcs.

1. plural pcs piece.
2. prices.

P/C

⁶

or p/c

abbreviation for

1. petty cash.
2. price current.

P.C.

⁷

abbreviation for

1. Past Commander.
2. British. Police Constable.
3. politically correct.
4. Post Commander.
5. British. Prince Consort.
6. British. Privy Council.
7. professional corporation.

pc

¹

abbreviation for

1. per cent
2. postcard
3. obsolete.
   (in prescriptions) post cibum
4. parsec

PC

²

abbreviation for

1. personal computer
2. Parish Council(lor)
3. Past Commander
4. (in Britain and Canada) Police Constable
5. politically correct
6. Prince Consort
7. (in Britain and Canada) Privy Council(lor)
8. (in Canada) Progressive Conservative

P/C

³

abbreviation for

1. petty cash
2. price current

p.c.

1. An abbreviation for “ p olitically c orrect.” It refers to social, political, and educational changes designed to redress historical injustices in areas such as race, gender, ethnic background, and sexual orientation: “Haven't you read the latest directive on p.c. language? Please refer to our colleagues as ‘women,’ not ‘ladies’ or ‘girls.’” The phrase and abbreviation, which also appears as PC, both debuted in the late twentieth century.

Word History and Origins

Origin of p.c.¹

From Latin post cibōs

Word History and Origins

Origin of p.c.¹

(sense 3) Latin: after meals

Idioms and Phrases

Also, p.c. An abbreviation for politically correct .

Example Sentences

The world that Black Dynamite lives in is not the most PC place to be in.

From The Daily Beast

In his signature style, it was the most un-PC and perhaps the most on point missive to come out of Canadian media.

From The Daily Beast

From the dawn of supercomputing to the 2-in-1 PC, this is not so much a history of computers as it is the story of how we compute.

From The Daily Beast

Between 1993 and 2003, the number of American households that owned a PC tripled.

From The Daily Beast

They would go to PC Bang, a gaming cafe, for blocks of time because it was cheaper that way.

From The Daily Beast

Let pc be the compression pressure and q the volume discharged per second per square foot of outlet area of fan.

From Project Gutenberg

She's wanted PC for herself, and was sure she was pure enough of heart to deserve to have the power.

From Project Gutenberg

The narrow passage connecting the pericardial (pc) and body cavities (pp).

From Project Gutenberg

The values of Tc and pc for different substances will be found at the end of this article.

From Project Gutenberg

Availing himself of this property, K. Olszewski has determined pc for hydrogen at 15 atmospheres.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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