pac
/pæk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
Initialism of proxy auto-config (file).
noun
noun
Initialism of presentation-abstraction-control.
noun
Initialism of Pan American Championships.
name
Abbreviation of Pacific (“Pacific Ocean”).
adj
Example Sentences
- "A PAC may contribute no more than $5,000 to a federal candidate in a general or primary election. PACs have grown to become the second-largest source of campaign funds, trailing only individuals (Herrnson 2004)."
- "The new group, called Save America, is a federal fund-raising vehicle known as a leadership PAC that has donation limits of $5,000 per donor per year. […] In that sense, his PAC could become a fan-subsidized machine to perpetuate his agenda and plot his next moves. […] Leadership PACs are generally seen as loosely regulated — Joseph R. Biden Jr. operated one during the 2018 midterms ahead of his own presidential run — and the committee gives Mr. Trump a place to continue to direct supporter cash."
- "This seems to me to lead to the conclusion that any hypothesis involving connections earlier than the Algic level, given our standards for proof of historical connection, is inherently unprovable until we know Proto-Algic (PAc) better."
- "[…] PAc (Proto-Algic: Proulx 1984b)."
- "The reflexes of **l and **r are: PAc PA W Y l *l l(r) r(l)"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Pac, -, Pač
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.