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A/C
Dictionary entry overview: What does A/C mean?
• A/C (noun)
The noun A/C has 1 sense:
1. an appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it
Familiarity information: A/C used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
A/C; air-conditioner; air conditioner
Context example:
we rarely turn on the air-conditioner
Hypernyms ("A/C" is a kind of...):
appliance (durable goods for home or office use)
Context examples
This allele, which encodes lamin-A/C protein, plays a role in nuclear stability and chromatin structure.
(LMNA wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
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