oak, preserved (through the shortening of the vowel before two consonants) in certain place-names (whence surnames): as, Acton [⟨ AS. Āctū n], literally, oak-town, or dwelling among the oaks: Acley or Ackley, also Oakley [⟨ AS. Ācleá], literally, oak-lea." />

Ac

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The early form of oak, preserved (through the shortening of the vowel before two consonants) in certain place-names (whence surnames): as, Acton [⟨ AS. Āctū n], literally, oak-town, or dwelling among the oaks: Acley or Ackley, also Oakley [⟨ AS. Ācleá], literally, oak-lea.
  • noun. A prefix, assimilated form of ad- before c and q, as in accede, acquire, etc.; also an accommodated form of other prefixes, as in accurse, accloy, accumber, etc. See these words.
  • etc. Points of flexure in the heating curves of iron and steel. The point ac1 on heating is the same as ar1 on cooling, etc.
  • noun. An adjective-suffix of Greek or Latin origin, as in cardiac, maniac, iliac, etc. It is always preceded by -i- and, like -ic, may take the additional suffix -al.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally. Alternative to direct curent, DC.
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  • conjunction. But.
  • initialism. account; money of account
  • initialism. acre
  • initialism. air conditioning
  • initialism. alicyclic
  • initialism. alternating current
  • initialism. ante cibum, before meals
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores
  • noun. an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
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