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TAC

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tac"

English

Noun

TAC (countable and uncountable, plural TACs)

  1. (US, military) Acronym of tactical air command.
  2. (US, military) Clipping of tactical officer.
    • Darrell S. Mudd, The Boys of Chattahoochee: Sons of the Greatest Generation
      There were six tactical officers (TACs) in 95th Company, each in charge of a platoon of 40 officer candidates. TACs were not responsible for classroom or field instruction, as their title might suggest, […]
    • 2017, John R. Oreskovich, SCUMBAG: The Education of an American Officer, page 40:
      The TACs were commissioned officers; most were infantry officers and OCS graduates. They were lieutenants and called “sir.”

Proper noun

TAC

  1. Abbreviation of Tacoma.
  2. (publishing) Initialism of The American Conservative.
  3. Initialism of Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.
    • 2014 August 13, Adi Robertson, “Can you own a language?”, in The Verge‎, archived from the original on 5 April 2025:
      In addition to managing palawa kani’s development, the TAC promotes its use within the aboriginal community and sets rules for who can use the language, and what they can do with it.

Derived terms

  • SEATAC

Anagrams

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French

Noun

TAC f (invariable)

  1. acronym of turbine à combustion
    Synonym: TAG

Portuguese

Etymology

Acronym of tomografia axial computorizada.

Pronunciation

Noun

TAC m or f (plural TACs)

  1. CAT scan; CT scan

Usage notes

  • The gender of this Portuguese noun varies from speaker to speaker. Some use it as a masculine noun and others as a feminine noun.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Initialism of tomografía axial computarizada.

Noun

TAC f (plural TAC)

  1. CAT scan; CT scan

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