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Definition: APC

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (aspirin and phenacetin and caffeine).[Wordnet]
2. (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with treads) that is used to transport infantry.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"APC" is a common misspelling or typo for: PAC, aCP, SPC, APF, APD.

Date "APC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1944. (references)

Specialty Definition: APC

Domain Definition
Computing APC Association for Progressive Communications Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Aerospace 1: Apparent consumption. (references)
  2: Access/Process Coordinators. (references)
  3: Autonomous Payload Controller. (references)
  4: Automatic Phase Control. (references)
  5: Allocated Prime Costs. (references)
  6: Aft Power Controller. (references)
  7: Aft payload Capsule. (references)
  8: Aeronautical Passenger Communication (a class of communication which supports passenger communication). (references)
  9: Advanced Propulsion Comparison Study. (references)
  10: Adapted Payload Carrier. (references)
Business Abbreviation for adaptive predictive coding. (references)
Environment 1: Argon purge cart. (references)
  2: Advanced Process Control (system). (references)
  3: Automatic Process Control. (references)
Health 1: Average Projected Costs. (references)
  2: Average Per Capita. (references)
  3: Ambulatory Payment Class. (references)
Military 1: 1) Aerial port commander. 2) Armored personnel carrier. 3) Assign preprogrammed conference list. (references)
  2: Acetylsalicylic Acid, Acetophenetidin, Caffeine compound ("all purpose capsules"). (references)
  3: Coastal Transport (small). (references)
  4: Armored personnel carrier. (references)
Religion Association of Professional Chaplains. (references)
Technology 1: Acquisition Professional Community. (references)
  2: Account Processing Code. (references)
  3: Asynchronous Procedure Call. (references)
  4: Activity Process Codes. (references)
  5: Agency Program Coordinator. (references)
  6: Advanced Power Control. (references)
  7: Adaptive Predictive Coding. (references)
  8: Approach Power Compensator. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: APC

Expressions Definition
BOV APC See also: Infantry fighting vehicle, List_of_AFVs and List_of_artillery. (references)
Mamba APC The Mamba is an Armoured Personnel Carrier based on the Unimog that is ideally suited for regions with weak or no road infrastructure. The V-shape hull protects the crew against anti-tank mines by deflecting the blast. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: APC

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
APC Danish Overenskomst om mindstekrav for udstedelse og gyldighed af foererbeviser Public Administration, Transportation
APC English "Armoured Personnel Carrier Shortland 600" N/A
APC German Uebereinkommen ueber die Mindestandforderungen fuer die Erteilung und die Gueltigkeit von Fuehrerscheinen Public Administration, Transportation
APC Italian Accordo sui reguisti minimi per il rilascio e la validita delle patenti di guida Public Administration, Transportation
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: APC


APC

APC or Apc or may refer to:

Biology

  • Antigen-presenting cell in medicine/immunology
  • APC (gene), a human gene that is classified as a tumor suppressor gene
  • APC (protein), a human cancer-critical protein (product of APC (gene))
  • Anaphase-promoting complex

Military

  • Armoured personnel carrier, an armoured fighting vehicle
  • Armour-piercing capped, an anti-tank shell type
  • Army Proficiency Certificate, the training syllabus of the Army Cadet Force

Chemistry

  • Activated protein C, a protein involved in blood coagulation
  • Allophycocyanin, a protein from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family
  • Allylpalladium chloride dimer, a chemical compound
  • Anaphase-promoting complex, a complex of several proteins activated during mitosis
  • Antigen-presenting cell, a cell that displays foreign antigens
  • A pharmaceutical tablet containing Aspirin, Phenacetin, and Caffeine.

Computing

  • Adaptive predictive coding, an analog-to-digital conversion system
  • Advanced process control, a broad term within the control theory
  • Alternative PHP Cache, a PHP accelerator program
  • Application Program Command, a C1 control code
  • APC (magazine), a computer magazine in Australia
  • Asynchronous procedure call

Organizations

  • Alien Property Custodian
  • All People's Congress, a political party of Sierra Leone
  • American Pie Council, an organization committed to preserving America's pie heritage
  • American Plastics Council, a major trade association for the U.S. plastics industry
  • American Power Conversion, a maker of back-up power products and services
  • American Presbyterian Church, a Reformed Christian denomination in the United States
  • Animal Procedures Committee, a UK public body and task force
  • Anti-Poverty Committee, a direct action organization in Vancouver, Canada
  • Arab Potash Company in Jordan
  • Armed Proletarians for Communism, an Italian far-left terrorist group of the 1970s
  • Arrangers' Publishing Company, a sheet music publishing company in the United States
  • Asia Pacific College, a joint venture between IBM Philippines and the SM Foundation
  • Associated Presbyterian Churches, a Scottish Christian denomination
  • Association for Progressive Communications, an association for providing communication infrastructure
  • aPOCALYPSE pRODUCTION cREW, an MP3 warez organization

Miscellanea

  • A Perfect Circle, an alternative rock band
  • Alternate playing cost, a cost to play a spell in the game Magic: The Gathering
  • Argon plasma coagulation, an endoscopic technique for controlling hemorrhage
  • Attoparsec, an unusual unit of measurement
  • Australian Provincial Championship, a rugby union competition in Australia
  • Automatic Performance Control, a system that was used on some Saab H engines
  • Average propensity to consume, the proportion of income spent
  • Napa County Airport's IATA airport code
  • Apc, Hungary, a village in the Heves county of Hungary

See also

  • APC-7 connector, a coaxial connector used for high frequency applications

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "APC". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: APC

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
APC 44     APC 44
APC (gene) 31     APC (gene) 31
Pandur 8X8 APC 29     APC (protein) 7
Mamba APC 19     APC internal ribosome entry site (IRES) 5
Grizzly APC 16     APC Smart UPS 2
Pandur 6X6 APC 16     APC Symmetra 3
Reva APC 15     APC vaccine 2
Cobra BMT-2 APC 7     Cobra BMT-2 APC 7
APC (protein) 7     Grizzly APC 16
APC internal ribosome entry site (IRES) 5     Mamba APC 19
APC Symmetra 3     Pandur 6X6 APC 16
APC vaccine 2     Pandur 8X8 APC 29
APC Smart UPS 2     Reva APC 15

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: APC

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 装甲人员输送车 (apc), 美国动力会议 (apc), 原子动力发电公司 (apc), apc电池 (apc battery). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, apc. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 美國動力會議 (apc), 裝甲人員輸送車 (apc), 原子動力發電公司 (apc), apc電池 (apc battery). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, apc. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish Armored Personnel Carrier-Vehículo blindado de Transporte de Personal (aPC), aerobic plate count (aPC). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, apc. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: APC

Language Translations for “apc” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin apcway (apc). Additional references: Pig Latin, apc. (volunteer)
Terran B arrorid (aPC). Additional references: Terran B, apc. (volunteer)
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