SC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does SC mean? 

• SC (noun)
  The noun SC has 3 senses:

1. a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite

2. a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies

3. a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace

  Familiarity information: SC used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 21; Sc; scandium

Hypernyms ("Sc" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("Sc" is a substance of...):

thortveitite (a mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandium)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Palmetto State; S.C.; SC; South Carolina

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "SC"):

Savannah; Savannah River (a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic)

Pee Dee; Pee Dee River (a river that flows through central North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean)

Greenville (a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont)

Florence (a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center)

Charleston (a port city in southeastern South Carolina)

capital of South Carolina; Columbia (capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina)

Domain member region:

battle of Cowpens; Cowpens (battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British)

Holonyms ("SC" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (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)

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)

Carolina; Carolinas (the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina)

Holonyms ("SC" is a member of...):

Confederacy; Confederate States; Confederate States of America; Dixie; Dixieland; South (the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

SC; Security Council

Hypernyms ("SC" is a kind of...):

council (a body serving in an administrative capacity)

Holonyms ("SC" is a member of...):

UN; United Nations (an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include Laboratory (LB), Subject Characteristics (SC), and Trial Summary (TS).

(CDISC Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

SC is used as a PEG linker to facilitate attachment to asparaginase and enhances the stability of the formulation.

(Calaspargase Pegol, NCI Thesaurus)

An antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) containing an antibody directed against the scr-like kinase Fyn3 (SC-16), conjugated to the cytotoxic agent D6.5, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Antibody-Drug Conjugate SC16LD6.5, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called SC-70935.

(Leridistim, NCI Dictionary)