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Sc
The symbol for scandium.
SC
abbr.
1. Security Council
2. or S.C. South Carolina
3. Supreme Court
sc
abbr.
small capital
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sc
abbreviation for
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) small capitals
sc
the internet domain name for
(Computer Science) Seychelles
Sc
the chemical symbol for
(Chemistry) scandium
SC
abbreviation for
1. (Military) Signal Corps
2. (Placename) South Carolina
3. (in Canada) Star of Courage
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SC
South Carolina.
Sc
Chem. Symbol.
scandium.
sc
or s.c.,
Print. small capitals.
Sc.
1. Scotch.
2. Scotland.
3. Scots.
4. Scottish.
sc.
1. scale.
2. scene.
3. science.
4. scientific.
5. namely.
[< Latin scīlicet]
6. screw.
7. scruple.
8. sculpsit.
S.C.
1. Security Council (of the U.N.).
2. South Carolina.
3. Supreme Court.
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Sc
The symbol for scandium.
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| Noun | 1. |  Sc - a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveititemetal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. thortveitite - a mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandium |
| 2. | SC - a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies battle of Cowpens, Cowpens - battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line Deep South - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery capital of South Carolina, Columbia - capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina Charleston - a port city in southeastern South Carolina Florence - a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center Greenville - a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont Pee Dee, Pee Dee River - a river that flows through central North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean Savannah River, Savannah - a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic | |
| 3. | SC - a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace UN, United Nations - an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security council - a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council" |
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