RC

or R.C.

abbreviation for

1. radio control.
2. Red Cross.
3. remote control.
4. Reserve Component: military units whose members serve part-time, as the Army National Guard or the Coast Guard Reserve.
5. Roman Catholic.

rc

¹

abbreviation for

1. reinforced concrete

RC

²

abbreviation for

1. Red Cross
2. Reserve Corps
3. AlsoR.C. Roman Catholic
4. China (international car registration)

Word History and Origins

Origin of RC¹

(sense 4) from R(epublic of) C(hina)

Example Sentences

The U.S. European Command relies primarily upon the RC-135 Rivet Joint to vacuum up electronic communications from Russia.

From The Daily Beast

When it comes to savings, you should follow what I like to call the RC COLA principle: 1.

From The Daily Beast

When I left, he had a gang pulling out graphite blocks with RC-tongs.

From Project Gutenberg

The opinions of writers who take this view are collected by Reinach, RC xviii.

From Project Gutenberg

Second E. M. Don't talk like that, my H-rc-t, for such cynic slang is shocking!

From Project Gutenberg

Now let there be some other ray RC, the refraction of which must be found.

From Project Gutenberg

And let the incident ray be RC, the refraction of which it is required to find.

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