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Definition: ESC

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An exhaust or escapement. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. An elusion or evasion. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. A leakage or leak. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. A release, discharge, relief or acquittal. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. An exit or outlet.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"Esc" is a common misspelling or typo for: EEC, sec, DSC, ecs, ESF, ESD, escs, EPSC, MESC.

Specialty Definition: ESC

Domain Definition
Computing ESC escape Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Aerospace 1: European Space Conference. (references)
  2: Engineering Support Center. (references)
  3: Engine Start Command. (references)
  4: ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA. (references)
Business 1: Abbreviation for escape character. (references)
  2: 1) escape character. 2) enhanced satellite capability. (references)
Energy Employee Service Center. (references)
Environment 1: Expedited Site Characterization. (references)
  2: Electronic Security Command. (references)
Health (Naval Facilities) Engineering Service Center. (references)
Library Science Estudios Sindicales y Cooperativos. Instituto de Estudios Sindicales, Sociales y Cooperativos de Madrid. Madrid. (references)
Military 1: Electronics Systems Center (Air Force). (references)
  2: Electronics Systems Center. (references)
Religion Endangered Species Committee. (references)
Technology 1: Enterprise Standard Cost. (references)
  2: Escape. (references)
  3: Escape (character, one of the ASCII characters). (references)
  4: Enlisted Spouses Club. (references)
  5: Executive Steering Committee. (references)
  6: Electronic Systems Center (USAF). (references)
  7: Electronic Systems Center. (references)
  8: Electronic Systems Command. (references)

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

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Common Expressions: ESC

Expressions Definition
Esc key The Esc key is a key labeled Esc or Escape that is used to generate the ASCII Escape character, the character code traditionally used to initiate an escape sequence. As the typical computer user is no longer concerned with the details of controlling their computer's peripherals, the task escape sequences were designed for, the escape key was appropriated by application programmers, most often to mean Stop. This use continues today in Microsoft Windows's use of escape as a shortcut in dialog boxes for No, Quit, Exit, Cancel, or Abort;. (references)

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

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Specialty Expressions: ESC

Expressions Domain Definition
Control character ESC Post & Telecom A code extension character used, in some cases with one or more succeeding characters, to indicate by some convention or agreement that the coded representations following the character or the group of characters are to be interpreted according to a different code or according to a different coded character set. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: ESC

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
ESC Dutch Ontsnapping Computing
ESC English Entomological Society of Canada N/A
ESC French Entrée/Sortie Compteur N/A
ESC Greek σχίσιμο υπό καταπόνηση Chemical Industry, Industry
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: ESC

ESC

ESC can refer to:

  • As an abbreviation
    • Ecole Supérieure de Commerce a business school in the French system of "Grandes Ecoles", such as Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rennes
    • The Edmonton Ski Club
    • Electric Sheep Company.
    • Electronic Stability Control.
    • Electronic Systems Center.
    • Electronic speed control.
    • Embryonic stem cell.
    • Empire State College.
    • Empire Supporters Club.
    • Engineering Student Council (UP).
    • English Subject Centre.
    • Escanaba, Michigan : the IATA for Delta County Airport.
    • Essential Services Commission.
    • Eurobodalla Shire Council.
    • European Steady Cycle
    • European emission standards
    • European Students Conference the largest biomedical scientific conference in Europe entirely run by students.
    • Sustainment Command(Expeditionary)
    • The European Space Camp.
    • The European Super Cup.
    • Eurovision Song Contest.
    • ESC Reed relay-based telephone switching system of Stromberg-Carlson.
    • European Shooting Confederation
    • Essex Senior Cup a football competition in Essex, England,
  • As a shortened version of the word escape
    • The Esc key on a keyboard.
    • The escape character in the C0 control code set.
  • Others
    • Esc Entertainment, a visual effects company who was responsible for much of the computer-generated imagery rendering for the Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions.
    • A son of the 5th century king Hengest, see Oisc of Kent.
    • A software development company located in Istanbul/ Turkey.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "ESC". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: ESC

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Esc key 21     12th ESC 4
ESC 5     16th ESC 2
12th ESC 4     17th ESC 2
18th ESC 4     18th ESC 4
16th ESC 2     ESC 5
17th ESC 2     Esc key 21
Volvo 1800 ESC 2     Volvo 1800 ESC 2

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).

"esc" is a common misspelling or typo for: EEC, sec, DSC, ecs, ESF, ESD, escs, EPSC, MESC.

Synonyms: esc
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Expression

 engineering service circuit, extended supply chain.
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Computed Synonyms: Esc

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   17.0396   Esc     escape     flee, recover, run away, run off, get away   
 2   10.0194   Esc     exhaust     deplete, drain, exhausted, empty, wear out   
 3   6.0194   Esc     elusion     evasion, avoidance, dodge, subterfuge, escape   
 4   6.0094   Esc     release     discharge, free, liberate, liberation, disengage   
 5   6.0093   Esc     leakage     leak, seepage, loss, outflow, escape   
 6   6.0091   Esc     avoidance     evasion, cancellation, revocation, repeal, annulment   
 7   5.0196   Esc     exit     go out, leave, egress, outlet, get out   
 8   5.0091   Esc     slippage     slip, skid, slide, sliding, meter slip   
 9   4.0093   Esc     outlet     exit, discharge, outfall, egress, drain   
 10   3.0094   Esc     drain     gutter, ditch, discharge, drainage, channel   
 11   3.0094   Esc     relief     aid, assistance, release, help, comfort   
 12   3.0092   Esc     discharge     release, dismissal, fire, dismiss, drain   
 13   2.0195   Esc     excuse     pardon, forgive, pretext, apology, absolve   
 14   2.0193   Esc     evidence     proof, testimony, sign, witness, token   
 15   2.0189   Esc     explanation     interpretation, elucidation, exposition, clarification, explication   
--------------------     59 synonyms ranked from 16 to 74 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: Esc

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   5.0384   Esc     spacing escapement     escapement, spacing escapement assembly, vent hole   
 2   5.0182   Esc     engine exhaust stack     exhaust stack, exit, escapement pawl   
 3   5.0091   Esc     vent hole     vent, air hole, blowhole   
 4   5.0091   Esc     run away     flee, escape, run off   
 5   5.0086   Esc     backward lunge     a control character to signal a change in the meaning of one or more of the characters that follow it, leakage, slippage   
 6   2.0190   Esc     light erase     lost policy release, loss of charge, land disposal site   
 7   2.0182   Esc     electrical discharge     discharge, loss of charge, disposal site   
 8   2.0090   Esc     cancel key     escape key, delete key, erase key   
 9   2.0089   Esc     line length     line measure, measure, justification   
 10   2.0087   Esc     pulse stuffing     justifying, substantiating, Flushing   
 11   2.0087   Esc     disposal site     land disposal site, site hut, electrical discharge   
 12   2.0087   Esc     loss of charge     electrical discharge, lost policy release, light erase   
 13   2.0084   Esc     digital stuffing     justification, pulse stuffing, substantiation   
 14   2.0084   Esc     load alleviation     desaturation, depletion, reduction in pressure   
 15   2.0082   Esc     lost policy release     light erase, loss of charge, land disposal site   
--------------------     13 synonyms ranked from 16 to 28 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: Esc

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   7.0381   control character Esc     escape code     escape, engineering service circuit   
 2   1.7790   Esc account     13 per cent account         
 3   1.1177   control character Esc     environmental stress cracking     engineering service circuit, escape code   
 4   1.0396   ESC key     escape     flee, recover   
 5   1.0381   control character Esc     escape     flee, recover   
 6   1.0181   control character Esc     exhaust     deplete, drain   
 7   1.0177   control character Esc     engineering service circuit     engineering speaker circuit, service circuit   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: ESC

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya مفتاح الهروب (Esc, escape). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha مفتاح الهروب (Esc, escape). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic مفتاح الهروب (Esc, escape). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian únik (evasion, escape, getaway, elusion, Esc), ukončení (completion, termination, ending, Esc, finalization), ESC (esc), mišljenje ESC-a (ESC opinion). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish escape (escape, Esc, exhaust). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina únik (evasion, escape, getaway, elusion, Esc), ukončení (completion, termination, ending, Esc, finalization), ESC (esc), mišljenje ESC-a (ESC opinion). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Corse Scàricu (discharge, justification, exhaust, landfill, escapement), Scappamentu (exhaust, escapement, a control character to signal a change in the meaning of one or more of the characters that follow it, avoidance, elusion). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsi Scàricu (discharge, justification, exhaust, landfill, escapement), Scappamentu (exhaust, escapement, a control character to signal a change in the meaning of one or more of the characters that follow it, avoidance, elusion). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsican Scàricu (discharge, justification, exhaust, landfill, escapement), Scappamentu (exhaust, escapement, a control character to signal a change in the meaning of one or more of the characters that follow it, avoidance, elusion). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Corso Scàricu (discharge, justification, exhaust, landfill, escapement), Scappamentu (exhaust, escapement, a control character to signal a change in the meaning of one or more of the characters that follow it, avoidance, elusion). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsu Scàricu (discharge, justification, exhaust, landfill, escapement), Scappamentu (exhaust, escapement, a control character to signal a change in the meaning of one or more of the characters that follow it, avoidance, elusion). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech únik (evasion, escape, getaway, elusion, Esc), ukončení (completion, termination, ending, Esc, finalization), ESC (esc), mišljenje ESC-a (ESC opinion). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish escape (escape, Esc, exhaust). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk escape (escape, Esc, exhaust). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Umschaltung (changeover, case shift, Esc, escape, shift), Umschalttaste (shift key, Esc, escape, escape key, shift-key), Rücksprungtaste (Esc, escape, previous key), ESC (esc), Esc zum Verlassen (Esc to exit), ESC-Code (ESC code). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch wisselteken (escape, Esc, exhaust), ontsnapping (escape, breakaway, elusion, escapade, getaway), typ o om opnieuw te proberen of druk op esc om te annuleren (press r to retry or Esc to cancel). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish koodinvaihtomerkki (escape, control character Esc, escape code, exhaust), ESC-ohjausmerkki (control character Esc, escape code). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Français touche d'échappement (escape key, cancel key, Esc, escape), échappement (exhaust, escape, escapement, release, exhaust pipe), esc pour sortir (Esc to exit). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
French touche d'échappement (escape key, cancel key, Esc, escape), échappement (exhaust, escape, escapement, release, exhaust pipe), esc pour sortir (Esc to exit). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
German Umschaltung (changeover, case shift, Esc, escape, shift), Umschalttaste (shift key, Esc, escape, escape key, shift-key), Rücksprungtaste (Esc, escape, previous key), ESC (esc), Esc zum Verlassen (Esc to exit), ESC-Code (ESC code). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek κωδικός διαφυγής (control character Esc, escape code), χαρακτήρας ελέγχου ESC (control character Esc, escape code), ESC (control character Esc, engineering service circuit, environmental stress cracking, escape code). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) kodhikos dhiafiys (control character Esc, escape code), kharaktiras elenkhoi esc (control character Esc, escape code), esc (control character Esc, engineering service circuit, environmental stress cracking, escape code). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic مفتاح الهروب (Esc, escape). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Umschaltung (changeover, case shift, Esc, escape, shift), Umschalttaste (shift key, Esc, escape, escape key, shift-key), Rücksprungtaste (Esc, escape, previous key), ESC (esc), Esc zum Verlassen (Esc to exit), ESC-Code (ESC code). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Umschaltung (changeover, case shift, Esc, escape, shift), Umschalttaste (shift key, Esc, escape, escape key, shift-key), Rücksprungtaste (Esc, escape, previous key), ESC (esc), Esc zum Verlassen (Esc to exit), ESC-Code (ESC code). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian Scarico (discharge, unloading, escape, exhaust, outlet), tasto escape (Esc, escape), premere R per riprovare o esc per annullare (press R to retry or Esc to cancel), premere invio per continuare o esc per uscire dall'installazione (press enter to continue or Esc to quit setup), premere esc per annullare (press Esc to cancel), esc per uscire (Esc to exit). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese エスケープ (escape, ESC), 経済社会理事会 (ESC), 欧州安全保障会議 (ESC), エスケープキー (escape, ESC key). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi ge bokstavlig betydelse (Esc, escape), skifttecken (control character Esc, escape code). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland escape (escape, Esc, exhaust). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish esc (esc, escape, exhaust), tecla escape (Esc, escape, cancel key, escape key), escape (exhaust, getaway, escapement, escape, flight), código ESC (ESC code), código de escape (ESC code, escape code), presione r para reintentar o esc para cancelar (press r to retry or Esc to cancel), Presione Esc o haga clic fuera de la ventana acoplable Estilos de color para cancelar esta acción (press Esc or click outside the color styles docker to cancel this movement), Presione Esc o haga doble clic fuera de la selección para cancelar la transformación (press Esc or double-click outside the selection to cancel the transformation), presionar entrar para continuar o esc para salir de instalar (press enter to continue or Esc to quit setup), esc para salir (Esc to exit). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea koodinvaihtomerkki (escape, control character Esc, escape code, exhaust), ESC-ohjausmerkki (control character Esc, escape code). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi koodinvaihtomerkki (escape, control character Esc, escape code, exhaust), ESC-ohjausmerkki (control character Esc, escape code). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska ge bokstavlig betydelse (Esc, escape), skifttecken (control character Esc, escape code). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish ge bokstavlig betydelse (Esc, escape), skifttecken (control character Esc, escape code). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish Esc (Esc), Esc tuşu (Esc key). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, Esc. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). Top

Constructed Language Translations: ESC

Language Translations for “Esc” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin Escway (Esc). Additional references: Pig Latin, Esc. (volunteer)
Terran B Scarpaut (Esc). Additional references: Terran B, Esc. (volunteer)
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