roc

plural rocs · alternative roche · alternative rok · alternative ruc · alternative rukh · alternative obsolete ruck

1. An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.

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   The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage. "By this time the sun was about to set, and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had been covered with a thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness, but much more when I found it occasioned by a bird of a monstrous size, that came flying toward me. I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called Roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg. In short, the bird alighted, and sat over the egg. As I perceived her coming, I crept to the egg, so that I had before me one of the legs of the bird, which was as big as the trunk of a tree. I tied myself strongly to it with my turban, in hopes that the roc next morning would carry me with her out of this desert island. After having passed the night in this condition, the bird flew away as soon as it was daylight, and carried me so high, that I could not discern the earth;

   Synonyms: peng

1. colloquialmedicineRocuronium.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Republic of China (all senses).

   Near-synonym: China

   Synonyms: China

   1. Taiwan ROC.

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      Former U.S. Senator George McGovern said that during his one-week visit to the ROC he met many friendly, optimistic and energetic people, and called the Republic of China an "energetic" country. He said he hopes his visit will help to promote understanding between the ROC and liberals in the United States.

      1983 March 13, “ROC progress praised by McGovern”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIV, number 10, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

      This book suggests that the gradual increase of transactions and communications between the two Chinas since 1987 should contribute to the ‘normalization’ of relations between the two Chinas. Nevertheless, these transactions and communications are not expected to lead to the political reunification of the two Chinas in the foreseeable future due to four main obstacles: the PRC’s intention to localize and isolate the ROC internationally; the PRC’s refusal to exclude the use of military force against the ROC; the difference between the two Chinas’ living standards and political philosophies; and the Taiwan Independence Movement.

      1994, Hsin-hsing Wu, Bridging the Strait: Taiwan, China, and the Prospects for Reunification, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page vii

      Prevented by internal and external influences, this ideal of placing the sovereignty in the hands of the people was not carried out immediately after the establishment of the Republic of China. With the changes of time, particularly with the relocation of the ROC government to Taiwan, we have gradually carried it out at last, but only after having licked our wounds and built our strength for forty years.

      1996 May, Lee Teng-hui, “Political Reforms”, in Peace Through Democratic Reforms, Taipei: Wen Ying Tang Press Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11

      Synonyms: China

   2. A former sovereign state of China, 1912–1949; dissolved by the declaration of the People's Republic.

      Synonyms: China

2. CanadagovernmentThe "Rest of Canada", i.e. Canada excluding the province of Quebec.

   If Quebeckers believe that voting PQ means putting a knife to Canada’s throat, they should think again. The ROC is fed up with these threats.

   2014 March 7, Jeffrey Simpson, “The rest of Canada will have choices to make”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 07 Apr 2014

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   [T]he old and tired purveyors of separatism in Québec continue to harp on what they contend Québec is not—essentially, “not the ROC”—in order to peddle their snake oil.

   2002, L. Yves Fortier, “A Mature Exercise of Sovereignty”, in Osgoode Hall Law Journal, volume 40, numbers 3-4, page 426

3. abbreviationAbbreviation of Republic of (the) Congo, Congo-Brazzaville.
4. abbreviationhobbiesAbbreviation of Russia(n) Olympic Committee.
5. abbreviationhobbiesAbbreviation of Race of Champions.
6. abbreviationAbbreviation of Russian Orthodox Church.
7. UKhistoricalgovernmentThe Royal Observer Corps, a former United Kingdom defence organization (1925 to 1992).

plural ROCs

1. abbreviationinitialismmathematicsInitialism of region of convergence.
2. abbreviationinitialismbroadcastingInitialism of receiver operating characteristic.

alternative ROC

1. New YorkslangNickname for Rochester: a city in New York, United States.

   Synonyms: Rachacha, Roshter

1. alternativeAlternative form of ROC (R of C)