DC

federally owned district in the eastern United States (occupies the same area as the U.S. capital city of Washington)

unvarying electrical current

DC may stand for: Biology A. P. de Candolle in botanical nomenclature, a botanist who developed an extensive system of botanical classificationDendritic cell, a type of immune cellDoctor of Chiropractic, a health care profession
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Augustin Pyramus de Candolle also spelt Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (February 4, 1778 - September 9, 1841) was one of the great botanists of all time. The author abbreviation used in citing plant names he published is "DC.".He was descended from one of the ancient families of the Provence, but was, born in Geneva, as religious persecution had forced his ancestors to leave their native country in the middle of the 16th century. Though a sickly boy he showed great aptitude for study, and distinguished himself at school by his rapid attainments in classical and general literature, and specially by a faculty for writing elegant verse. He began his scientific studies at the college of Geneva, where the teaching of J. P. E. Vaucher first inspired him with the determination to make botanical science the chief pursuit of his life. In 1796 he moved to Paris. His first productions, Plantarum historia succulentarum (4 vols., 1799) and Astragalogia (1802), brought him to the notice of Georges Cuvier, for whom he acted as deputy at the College de France in 1802, and of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who afterwards entrusted him with the publication of the third edition of the Flore française (1803-1815). The "Principes élémentaires de botanique", printed as the introduction to this work, contained the first exposition of his principles of classification, following a natural method as opposed to the artificial, Linnaean method.
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DC++ is an open-source, peer-to-peer file-sharing client that can be used to connect to the Direct Connect network or to the ADC protocol. It is developed primarily by Jacek Sieka, nicknamed arnetheduck.As of 2005, no official statistics exist to verify the proportion of DirectConnect users using DC++. However, it is generally believed to be the most extensively used by a large margin; administrators of popular public DirectConnect hubs generally agree that DC++ is the client used by a significant majority.
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DC direct current ; Doctor of Chiropractic. DC abbr. Doctor of Chiropractic DC, n doctor of chiropractic. [more]DC - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the nation's capital and carve out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia
(synonym) District of Columbia, D.C.
(hypernym) federal district
(part-holonym) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
(part-meronym) Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States
2. an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
(synonym) direct current
(hypernym) electricity, electrical energy

Christian democracy, rise to power of political parties affiliated with the church

DC, direct current, unvarying electrical current