IC
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ic"
Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]IC
- (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Canary Islands.
Usage notes
[edit]This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the World Customs Organization for the purpose of demarcating a part of Spain that is not part of the European Union Customs Union, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO outside of that purpose.
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]IC
- (astronomy) Initialism of Index Catalogue (part of the NGC survey of J.L.E. Dreyer’s update to the Herschel General Catalogue).
- (medicine) Initialism of interstitial cystitis (a type of chronic pain that affects the urinary bladder).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]IC (countable and uncountable, plural ICs)
- Initialism of independent contractor.
- Initialism of irreducible complexity.
- (chemistry) Initialism of intercalation compound.
- (chemistry) Initialism of ion chromatography.
- (electronics) Initialism of integrated circuit.
- (medicine, uncountable) Initialism of intensive care.
- (immunology) Initialism of immune complex.
- (Singapore) Initialism of identity card.
- Initialism of individual contributor.
- (slang) Short for incel.
- Initialism of intermittent catheterization.
- Initialism of integrity constraint.
- Initialism of incident commander.
Adjective
[edit]IC (not comparable)
- Pseudo-acronym of icy.
- Initialism of in charge.
- Initialism of in command.
- (roleplaying games, fandom slang) Initialism of in character.
- Initialism of intracloud.
Phrase
[edit]IC
- Pseudo-acronym of I see.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (electronics): chip, discrete component, solid-state, SSI, MSI, LSI, VLSI, ULSI
Anagrams
[edit]Chinese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Initialism of in charge.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: aai1 si1
- Yale: āai sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: aai1 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: ai1 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /aːi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
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- (Hong Kong Cantonese) person in charge; manager; supervisor
- 2019 March 16, “【醫護逃亡】護士、專職醫療流失率創8年新高 每16名護士1人離職”, in 香港01[1]:
- 以前我哋做5、6年才做IC(主管),但佢哋現在只做3年,而且實習機會很少,中層沒有時間理會佢哋,佢哋仍欠缺經驗,就要揹飛,處理意外、投訴等情況,有人會擔心揹鑊和有人命。
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2019 June 27, “民間自發集會急救站 醫者仁心”, in 香港經濟日報[2]:
- 同為IC的註冊護士Kei也是90後,這是她首次參與遊行和義工活動,因有專業醫療知識,所以便擔當起了分派崗位等工作。
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English interchange.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]IC • (intāchenji)
- Abbreviation of インターチェンジ (intāchenji, “interchange”).
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