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单词 psc
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Pscn.

Brit. /ˌpiːɛsˈsiː/, U.S. /ˌpiɛsˈsi/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Pisces n.
Etymology: Shortened < Pisces n., originally as a graphic abbreviation.
Astronomy.
The constellation Pisces. Chiefly as postmodifier, in the designations of stars of this constellation.
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1922 Trans. Internat. Astron. Union 1 158 The following resolutions were adopted [at the first General Assembly of the IAU]: (1) The exclusive use of the Latin names of the constellations. (2) The adoption of the three-letter abbreviations proposed by Profs. Hertzsprung and Russell for the representation of the 88 principal constellations... Psc Pisces.
1973 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 161 410 54 Psc is significantly cooler than..the Sun.
1993 Washington Times (Nexis) 7 Nov. d8 Gamma Psc combined with Kappa, Lambda, Iota, Theta, and 7 and 19 Piscium form what has come to be known as the Circlet of Pisces.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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psc n. (also PSC) passed staff college.
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1888 Army & Navy Gaz. 18 Feb. 129/2 Candidates..must also have passed the School of Auxiliary Artillery at Woolwich, and obtained the ‘p.s.’ certificate.]
1896 Oxfordshire Light Infantry Chron. 1895 26 Lt.-Colonels... (1) Johnstone, J., p.s.c. 16 Mar. 92.
1920 Punch 24 Mar. 225/1 Upon my first arriving on his Staff he had said to me, ‘Oh, by the way, P.S.C., of course?’..‘You have Passed Staff College, of course?’ he said a little less affably.
2002 BBC Monitoring Internat. Rep. (Nexis) 28 June Some 31 army officers were conferred with Passed Staff College (PSC) award, certificates and prizes for best students.
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