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Thread-topic: Direct Current Abbreviation Capitalization References

As discussed, surrounding Comment #3 today, the following references specify lowercase dc for direct current:

American Institute of Physics Style Manual, Fourth Edition

https://publishing.aip.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AIP_Style_4thed.pdf

Page 41 - listed in abbreviation list

IEEE Editorial Style Manual for Authors

https://journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/IEEE-Editorial-Style-Manual-for-Authors.pdf

Page 28 - listed in abbreviation list

2021 IEEE SA Standards Style Manual

https://mentor.ieee.org/myproject/Public/mytools/draft/styleman.pdf

Page 29 - used with lowercase in an example

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