Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation volatile organic compound
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- noun chemistry
Volatile organic compound . - noun electronics, physics VOC —
open -circuit voltage - noun sports, Canada
Vancouver Organizing Committee ; theorganizer of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics - noun Canada, radio, obsolete
Voice of Canada ; former name ofRCI (Radio Canada International) - noun television, China
Voice of China ; international cultural television programming from China
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Examples
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Love Your Home Zero VOC - Any paint with VOC's in the range of 5 grams / litre or less can be called \ "Zero VOC\", according to the EPA Reference Test Method 24.
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It contains these volatile, organic compounds - the term VOC, which has been thrown around a lot.
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This resolution is also found in VOC 1141: 466 – 67. back
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It does not appear elsewhere in VOC documents (Zeelandia Dagregisters, vol. 1, G: 241). back
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Also see Leonard Blussé, Strange Company: Chinese Settlers, Mestizo Women and the Dutch in VOC Batavia (Dordrecht: Foris Publications, 1986). back
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Strange Company: Chinese Settlers, Mestizo Women, and the Dutch in VOC Batavia.
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These materials release toxins called VOC Volatile Organic Compounds into the air, which can remain for years after the application or installation.
San Francisco Bay Area Resource for Eco Home Improvement 2008
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These materials release toxins called VOC Volatile Organic Compounds into the air, which can remain for years after the application or installation.
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Leading brands touting their eco-friendliness are developed out of plastic that last forever and give off cancer producing poisonous gasses called VOC's (volatile organic compounds) as the sun hits the fabric.
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The VOC was a multinational company that employed fortune seekers and soldiers from Western Europe, as well as soldiers from Africa.
alexz commented on the word VOC
in 2021, it refers to 'Variant of Concern' which now get names like Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta for the Variants from Kent, South Africa, Brazil and India.
June 7, 2021