IC

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ic"

Translingual

Symbol

IC

1. (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Canary Islands.

Usage notes

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (AUえーゆー)

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Proper noun

IC

1. (astronomy) Initialism of Index Catalogue (part of the NGC survey of J.L.E. Dreyer’s update to the Herschel General Catalogue).
2. (medicine) Initialism of interstitial cystitis (a type of chronic pain that affects the urinary bladder).

Alternative forms

• I. C., I.C.

Noun

IC (countable and uncountable, plural ICs)

1. Initialism of independent contractor.
2. Initialism of irreducible complexity.
3. (chemistry) Initialism of intercalation compound.
4. (chemistry) Initialism of ion chromatography.
5. (electronics) Initialism of integrated circuit.
6. (medicine, uncountable) Initialism of intensive care.
7. (immunology) Initialism of immune complex.
8. Initialism of identity card.
9. Initialism of individual contributor.
10. (slang) Short for incel.
11. Initialism of intermittent catheterization.

Adjective

IC (not comparable)

1. Pseudo-acronym of icy.
2. Initialism of in charge.
3. (roleplaying games, fandom slang) Initialism of in character.

   Antonyms: OC, OOC

4. Initialism of intracloud.

Phrase

IC

1. Pseudo-acronym of I see.

Derived terms

• (electronics): VHSIC, HSIC, ASIC

See also

• (electronics): chip, discrete component, solid-state, SSI, MSI, LSI, VLSI, ULSI

Anagrams

• -ci-, C&I, CI, cI, ci

Chinese

Etymology

Initialism of in charge.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹ si¹

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• 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/

Noun

IC

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) person in charge; manager; supervisor
   • 2019 March 16, “【醫い護まもる逃亡とうぼう】護まもる士し、專せん職しょく醫療いりょう流失りゅうしつ率りつ創そう8年ねん新高にいたか　每まい16名護なご士し1人にん離職りしょく”, in 香港ほんこん01‎^[1]:

     以前いぜん我わが哋做5、6年ねん才ざい做IC(主管しゅかん)，但ただし佢哋現在げんざい只ただ做3年ねん，而且實習じっしゅう機會きかい很少，中層ちゅうそう沒ぼつ有ゆう時間じかん理會りかい佢哋，佢哋仍欠缺かけ經驗けいけん，就要揹飛，處理しょり意外いがい、投とう訴等情況じょうきょう，有人ゆうじん會かい擔心揹鑊和かず有ゆう人命じんめい。

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   • 2019 June 27, “民間みんかん自發じはつ集會しゅうかい急きゅう救すくい站 醫者いしゃ仁ひとし心こころ”, in 香港ほんこん經濟けいざい日報にっぽう‎^[2]:

     同どう為ためIC的てき註冊護まもる士しKei也是90後ご，這是她首次じ參與さんよ遊行ゆぎょう和義かずよし工こう活動かつどう，因いん有ゆう專業せんぎょう醫療いりょう知識ちしき，所以ゆえん便びん擔當たんとう起おこり了りょう分派ぶんぱ崗位等とう工作こうさく。

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Synonyms

• in charge
• 負ふ責せめ人じん／负责人じん (fùzérén)

Japanese

Etymology

From English interchange.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ĩnta̠ːt͡ɕẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

IC(インターチェンジ) • (intāchenji) 

1. Abbreviation of インターチェンジ (intāchenji, “interchange”).