ADC

Translingual

Symbol

ADC

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Andakombe Airport, which serves Andakombe, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.

English

Noun

ADC (countable and uncountable, plural ADCs)

1. Initialism of aide-de-camp. and postnominal.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Three and—an Extra”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 13:

     Then ‘the ADC in Waiting was commanded by Their Excellencies, Lord and Lady Lytton, to invite Mr and Mrs Cusack-Bremmil to Peterhoff on July 26 at 9.30 p.p.’

2. (electronics) Initialism of analog-to-digital converter.
3. Initialism of aid to dependent children.
4. (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense command or aerospace defense command.
5. (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense center or aerospace defense center.
6. Initialism of antibody-drug conjugate.
   • 2020, Catalent, Life Science Leader‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 October 2021:

     Catalent’s SMARTag® technology platform offers ADC and biologics developers a one-step toolkit to develop optimized ADCs and bioconjugates.

7. Initialism of automatic distance control.
8. Initialism of after-death communication.

Related terms

• (electronics): DAC (digital-to-analog converter)
• (aerospace): AD (air defense or aerospace defense)

Anagrams

• ACD, CAD, CDA, D.Ac., DAC, DAc, DAc., DCA, cad, cad.