Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun d.c.

1 sense of d.c.

Sense 1
District of Columbia, D.C., DC -- (the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia)
       INSTANCE OF=> federal district -- (a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation)


1 of 2 senses of dc

Sense 2
direct current, DC, direct electric current -- (an electric current that flows in one direction steadily)
       => electricity, electrical energy -- (energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity")