What does "pfc" mean?
Initialism of private first class.
Pfc
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Initialism of private first class.
- Grammar: pfc is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: cos phi correction, fully fluorinated compound, perfluorinated compound, perfluorocarbon.
- Useful contrasts: nonfluorinated compound, nonprefrontal.
- Usage evidence: If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Initialism of private first class. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC."
- 2 a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum wordnet
- 3 Initialism of prefrontal cortex. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Another recent study found that in a delayed recognition working memory task, after affecting the functional connectivity between the PFC and the parahippocampal place area with a task designed to produce interference, older adults were unable to regain connectivity to preinterference levels, unlike younger adults who could."
- 4 Initialism of perfluorocarbon. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"PFC vaporizes when hit with an ultrasound pulse, producing rapidly expanding gas bubbles that "fire" the nanobullets out of the microcannons at speeds on the order of meters per second -- and the fluorescent microbullets light up to show exactly where they landed in the tissue target."
- 5 Initialism of preference for consistency. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 Initialism of power factor correction. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 7 Initialism of perfect fit content. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
"By 2023, according to a review of charts and messages shared on the company Slack, over 100 official playlists were made almost entirely of PFC, […]."
Synonyms
All synonyms cos phi correctionfully fluorinated compoundperfluorinated compoundperfluorocarbonpower factor improvementprefrontal
Antonyms
nonfluorinated compoundnonprefrontal
Example
"If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "pfc"?
Common synonyms include: cos phi correction, fully fluorinated compound, perfluorinated compound, perfluorocarbon, power factor improvement, prefrontal.
How do you use "pfc" in a sentence?
If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.