PFC
English
Noun
PFC (plural PFCs)
- (military) Initialism of private first class.
- 1962, The Manchurian Candidate, 01:56:35
- If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.
- 1962, The Manchurian Candidate, 01:56:35
- (neuroanatomy) Initialism of prefrontal cortex.
- 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 2, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
- To quote George W. Bush, within the frontal cortex, it's the PFC that is “the decider.”
- (chemistry) Initialism of perfluorocarbon.
- (psychology) Initialism of preference for consistency.
- (electrical engineering) Initialism of power factor correction.
Further reading
Perfluorocarbon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Power factor correction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Prefrontal cortex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Private First Class on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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