PFC

English

Noun

PFC (plural PFCs)

1. (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.

2. (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.”

3. (chemistry) Initialism of perfluorocarbon.

   Coordinate terms: CFC, HCFC, HFC

4. (psychology) Initialism of preference for consistency.
5. (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

Anagrams

• CPF, FPC, fcp