dc
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1. the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | federal district, |
definition | : | a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | american capital, capital of the united states, washington, washington d.c., |
definition | : | the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791 (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, |
definition | : | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 (noun.location) |
2. an electric current that flows in one direction steadily (noun.phenomenon)
hypernym | : | electrical energy, electricity, |
definition | : | energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor (noun.phenomenon) |
antonym | : | ac, alternating current, alternating electric current, |
definition | : | an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally (noun.phenomenon) |
antonym | : | ac, alternating current, alternating electric current, |
definition | : | an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally (noun.phenomenon) |
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