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# dc

«dc» in Mova's school dictionary: **DC, d.c.: short for «direct current», electricity that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (DC, D.C., dc, d.c.)

### meaning for a pupil

1) DC, d.c.: short for «direct current», electricity that flows in one direction only, as from a battery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/#m1)

2) D.C.: short for «District of Columbia», as in Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/#m2)

3) DC: DC Comics, an American comic company known for Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/#m3)

4) (UK) DC: Detective Constable, a police rank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/#m4)

5) (music) D.C.: short for Italian «da capo», meaning «go back to the beginning» in sheet music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

It is an honest entry for an abbreviation, not a word. In science lessons on electricity, batteries give DC, while the mains sockets at home give AC (alternating current). In geography and politics, Washington, D.C. is where the President lives in the White House and Congress meets. Children meet DC on comic books and films. In music, «D.C. al fine» means go back to the start and play until «Fine» (the end).

### examples

- A battery gives DC, which flows one way only. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/#x1)
- We visited the White House in Washington, D.C. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/#x2)
- The plug for the laptop changes AC into DC. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/#x3)
- My brother collects DC comics about Batman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/#x4)
- DC Patel from the police came to our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/#x5)
- At D.C. in the music, go back to the beginning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/#x6)

### note

Read aloud as letters: «D-C». Washington, D.C. is not in any state; it is a special federal district. Trap: Washington state, in the north-west of the USA, is a different place. AC and DC are both electricity; AC changes direction many times each second.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dc» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.