Definitions for lac
lɑklac

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lacnoun

   resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lacnoun

   Lac is usually distinguished by the name of a gum, but improperly, because it is inflammable and not soluble in water. We have three sorts of it, which are all the product of the same tree.1. The stick lac.2. The seed lac.3. The shell lac. Authors leave us uncertain whether this drug belongs to the animal or the vegetable kingdom. Hill.

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1. lac

   1. A unit of currency, specifically a hundred thousand, typically used in the context of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese money systems. 2. In the biological context, Lac refers to a resinous substance secreted by insects such as lac insects, used in the production of shellac. 3. Lac is also used in various biological terms such as lac operon, a functioning unit of genomic DNA in bacteria. 4. Lac abbreviation can also stand for different terms in different fields like Local Area Connection in technology, or Los Angeles Clippers in sports. The meaning of 'lac' can differ based on its usage and context.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Lacnoun

   alt. of Lakh

2. Lacnoun

   a resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance

3. Etymology: [Per. lak; akin to Skr. lksh: cf. F. lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. Lake a color, Lacquer, Litmus.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Lac

   Lac is the scarlet resinous secretion of a number of species of insects, namely some of the species of the genera Metatachardia, Laccifer, Tachordiella, Austrotacharidia, Afrotachardina, and Tachardina of the superfamily Coccoidea, of which the most commonly cultivated species is Kerria lacca. The above-mentioned families are some of the 28 families of scale insects and mealybugs comprising a large group of about 8,000 described species of plant sucking insects, a few of which produce similar natural products. Thousands of these tiny insects colonize branches of suitable host trees and secrete the resinous pigment. The coated branches of the host trees are cut and harvested as sticklac. The harvested sticklac is crushed and sieved to remove impurities. The sieved material is then repeatedly washed to remove insect parts and other soluble material. The resulting product is known as seedlac. The prefix seed refers to its pellet shape. Seedlac which still contains 3-5% impurities is processed into shellac by heat treatment or solvent extraction. The leading producer of Lac is Jharkhand, followed by the Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, and Maharashtra states of India. Lac production is also found in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, parts of China, and Mexico.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Lac

   lak, n. the term used in India for 100,000 rupees, the nominal value of which is £10,000.—Also Lakh. [Hind. lak—Sans. laksha, 100,000, a mark.]

2. Lac

   lak, n. a dark-red transparent resin produced on the twigs of trees in the East by the lac insect, used in dyeing.—adj. Laccic (lak′sik).—ns. Laccine (lak′sin), a brittle, translucent, yellow substance, obtained from shell-lac; Lac′-dye, Lac′-lake, scarlet colouring matters obtained from Stick′-lac, the twigs, with attached resin, enclosed insects, and ova; Seed′-lac, the granular portion remaining after removing the resin, triturating with water, and drying; Shell′-lac, Shel′lac, thin plates of resin prepared by melting the seed-lac in cotton-cloth bags, straining, and allowing it to drop on to sticks or leaves. [Pers. lak—Sans. lákshá, the lac insect—rañj, to dye.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lac

   a term employed in India for a hundred thousand, a crore amounting to 100 lacs, usually of money.

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1. lacnoun

   'lac Short for Cadillac. "Macks drive 'lacs" -- Big Mello.

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1. lac

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2. LAC

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EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lac

   a mixture of resin, wax and other substances produced by certain scale insects as a protective covering.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LAC

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lac is ranked #32935 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lac surname appeared 696 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lac.
   
   90.9% or 633 total occurrences were Asian.
   6.1% or 43 total occurrences were White.
   1.1% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.7% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

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Anagrams for lac »

1. cal

How to pronounce lac?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lac in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lac in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of lac in a Sentence

1. Stella Swanson:

   The QMM mine definitely releases more uranium into water on the site, thus creating an enhanced source of uranium to the Mandromondromotra River and Lac Ambavarano.

2. Transportation Safety Board of Canada:

   Preliminary assessment of the CPC-1232-compliant tank cars involved in this occurrence demonstrates the inadequacy of this standard given the tank cars' similar performance to the legacy Class 111 tanks cars involved in the Lac-Mégantic accident.

3. Lisa Raitt:

   These are serious issues and the charges are serious and you want to make sure that in a case as special as Lac-Megantic, that you actually do all the investigation and that they're confident of getting a conviction.

4. Mark Hallman:

   For CN, tank car design is one of the most important systemic issues arising from the Lac-Mégantic rail accident.

5. Bob Keach:

   The focus now is back where it should be, which is on the victims of the Lac-Megantic derailment, and getting them the compensation they deserve.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lac
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lac
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lac
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lac
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=lac
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Lac
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=lac
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html