pca
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Abbreviation of Posse Comitatus Act, the U.S. law called "Posse Comitatus Act", 20 Stat. 152 aka 18 U.S.C. § 1385.
American usage
noun
Abbreviation of propulsion controlled aircraft (system/unit), an aircraft with a control system with two or more engines arrayed abreast, allowing descent, ascent, turns by adjusting the throttle control to the engines (sometimes used attributively).
noun
noun
Abbreviation of patient-controlled analgesia; palliator.
noun
noun
Example Sentences
- "The PCA was demonstrably a Communist-front organization, and most of the Hollywoodites whom it rallied to its support were members of the Communist Party, some of them having been notorious as such for many years."
Usage
- American usage