Definitions for MC

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

MC

  1. Marine Corps.

    Category: Military

  2. master of ceremonies.

    Category: Showbiz

  3. Medical Corps.

    Category: Military

  4. Member of Congress.

    Category: Government

Mc

  1. megacurie.

    Category: Physics

mc

  1. megacycle.

  2. meter-candle.

  3. millicurie.

    Category: Physics

Mc-

orMc-

  1. var. of Mac-.

    Category: Affix

Mc-

  1. a combining form, used esp. to form nonce words, with the meaning “generic; homogenized”:

    McSchools that offer no individual attention; reading McNews instead of a serious newspaper.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of Mc-:

<Mc(Donald's), chain of fast-food restaurants

Princeton's WordNet

  1. megahertz, MHz, megacycle per second, megacycle, Mc(noun)

    one million periods per second

Wiktionary

  1. Mc(Prefix)

    (in Irish and Scottish patronymic surnames) son of


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