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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | CNC Collaborative Networked Communication. 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 |
CNC | Danish | Datamatstyret numerisk kontrol | Computing |
CNC | Dutch | Automatische numerieke controle | Computing |
CNC | English | Cambridge Nuclear Corporation | N/A |
CNC | French | Commande numérique avec ordinateur | Computing, Meteorology & Standards |
CNC | Italian | Controllo numerico computerizzato | Computing |
CNC | Spanish | Control numérico computerizado | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: CNC |
| Specialty definitions using "CNC": flexible machine center, flexible machine centre ♦ TLAs. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | This project is called the CNC gear-hobbling machine technology project. (references) | |
The market increase will be concentrated on tools such as sophisticated CNC lathes. (references) | ||
The most popular products displayed were CNC machine tools and electrical machinery. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Gabon | The CNC issues and, in the past, at times suspended the broadcasting licenses of private radio and television stations. (references) |
Gabon | The CNC also prohibited the paper's publisher, Raphael Ntoutoume Nkoghe, and editor in chief, Michel Ongoundou Loundah, from practicing journalism in the country. (references) | |
Gabon | The CNC cited the periodical's lack of respect for citizens' privacy and maintained that the newspaper's systematic "attacks" on the integrity of President Bongo and his family were "unconstitutional." The newspaper filed an appeal in the Constitutional Court against the suspension and lost. (references) | |
Economic History | Brazil | Machining centers; Parts and accessories for laser cutting machines, machining centers, lathes, drilling machines, etc; Parts and accessories for forging machines, metal rolling machines, presses and metal extruders; CNC lathes; Laser cutting machines; CNC EDM machines; Machines for working metal wires; CNC punching machines; machines for metal sheet rolling and folding; CNC metal stamping machines; CNC grinding machines; CNC gear cutting machine tools, etc. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CNC" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "CNC" is used about 16 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) | 75% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 6.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | CNC Properties Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| 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 |
cnc | 855 | used cnc machine | 38 |
cnc machining | 410 | cnc retrofit | 38 |
cnc router | 386 | cnc machine work | 37 |
cnc machine | 297 | cnc machinist | 37 |
cnc lathe | 155 | hobby cnc | 36 |
cnc general | 147 | cnc wood router | 33 |
cnc mill | 128 | cnc program | 32 |
cnc programming | 122 | used cnc router | 32 |
cnc milling | 107 | cnc programmer | 30 |
cnc milling machine | 82 | cnc general map | 29 |
cnc software | 69 | cnc machinery | 28 |
precision machining cnc | 58 | cnc plasma | 27 |
cnc plasma cutter | 58 | cnc training | 27 |
cnc machine tool | 53 | cnc control | 26 |
used cnc lathe | 50 | cnc wire forming | 24 |
haas cnc | 42 | cnc g code | 23 |
cnc turning | 41 | cnc general mods | 23 |
cnc job | 40 | cnc router plan | 22 |
cnc machine shop | 39 | used cnc | 22 |
cnc global | 38 | cnc controller | 22 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "CNC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Korean | ì»´í"¨í„° 수치 ì œì–´. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | cncay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-n" | |
+2 letters: cinch, conch, conic, cynic. | |
+3 letters: accent, acinic, cancan, cancel, cancer, cancha, cantic, chance, chancy, chinch, clench, clinch, clinic, clonic, cocain, cochin, cocoon, cognac, concha, conchs, conchy, concur, conics, cranch, crunch, cyanic, cynics, iconic, picnic, scenic, sconce, siccan, unchic, uncock, zincic. | |
+4 letters: accents, account, aclinic, acronic, actinic, caching, cadence, cadency, calcine, cancans, cancels, cancers, canchas, canonic, cenacle, centric, chanced, chancel, chances, chancre, chicane, chicano, chicken, chinchy, chronic, cinched, cinches, clachan, clinics, cocaine, cocains, cochins, cocking, cockney, coconut, cocoons, coenact, cogency, cognacs, colicin, colonic, concave, conceal, concede, conceit, concent, concept, concern, concert, conchae, conchal, conches, conchie, concise, concoct, concord, concurs, concuss, conduce, conduct, confect, conical, connect, contact, convect, convict, cooncan, corncob, cornice, council, craunch, crocein, crocine, crucian, crunchy, cryonic, cycasin, cycling, cyclone, cynical, decency, eccrine, gnocchi, gynecic, laconic, licence, lucence, lucency, obconic, oceanic, peccant, picnics, puccoon, raccoon, recency, scandic, science, sconced, sconces, scrunch, siccing, technic, uncocks, uncomic, vacancy, vaccina, vaccine, zecchin. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Company Usage 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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