Sic

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sic \Sic\, adv. [L.]
     Thus.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic],
           to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or


           inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is
           literally reproduced.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sic \Sic\, a.
     Such. [Scot.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carborundum \Car`bo*run"dum\ (k[aum]r`b[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), [a
     trade name, from Carbon + corundum.]
     A beautiful crystalline compound, {silicon carbide} ({SiC}),
     consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; -- also
     called {carbon silicide}. It is made by heating carbon and
     sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article
     is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and
     is used as an abrasive.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] carborundum cloth

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sic
       adv : intentionally so written (used after a printed word or
             phrase)
       v : urge a dog to attack someone [syn: {set}]
       [also: {sicking}, {sicked}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "sic":
     abet, accurately, agitate, aid, catalyze, correctly, countenance,
     egg on, exhort, faultlessly, favor, flawlessly, goad, inspirit,
     instigate, just right, just so, perfectly, prick, prod, prompt,
     propel, properly, rightly, so, spur, straight
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SIC
       Silicon Integrated Circuit
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SIC
       Standard Industry Classification
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SIC
       Subject Indicator Code