PCL

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A form of polycaprolactone — A biodegradable polyester used in medical applications such as sutures

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Meanings

nounPCL (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of polycaprolactone.
  2. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of posterior cruciate ligament.
  3. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of privacy and civil liberties.
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    In the leaked Slack messages, Jain said that Palantir was working to include updates about this work into an FAQ with the company’s PCL, or Privacy and Civil Liberties team. […] “I recognize this is a topic of interest for a lot of hobbits and we’re working to integrate these updates into the PCL FAQ,” Jain added, with “hobbits” a likely reference to J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, which Palantir gets its name from.

    2025 April 17, Joseph Cox, “Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People”, in 404 Media, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2025
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Printer Command Language.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
posterior cruciate ligament
Cite this entry
APA

PCL. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PCL

MLA

“PCL.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PCL. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PCL,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PCL.

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