ESC

See also: -esc, Esc, esc, and

English

Noun

ESC (countable and uncountable, plural ESCs)

  1. (automotive) Initialism of electronic stability control.
    Synonym: ESP
    Coordinate terms: TCS, ABS
  2. (biology) Initialism of embryonic stem cell.
  3. (electronics) Initialism of electronic speed controller.
  4. (software) Initialism of extended static checking.
  5. Alternative letter-case form of Esc (escape key).
    • 2020 March 20, Jacob Krol, “Apple’s MacBook Air makes a good first impression with strong performance and punchy keys”, in CNN[1]:
      The keys are not as flat and offer more space between them. Better yet, you still maintain a physical row of function keys (including ESC) and the Touch ID sensor is still here.

Derived terms

embryonic stem cell
  • hESC (human embryonic stem cell)

Proper noun

ESC

  1. (music) Initialism of Eurovision Song Contest.

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