Sc

Sc

The symbol for the element scandium.

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abbr.

small capital

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Sc Chem scandium

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SC South Carolina

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Sc

The symbol for scandium.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Sc - a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite atomic number 21, scandium 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. 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 Palmetto State, South Carolina 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 Carolina, Carolinas - the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina 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 Security Council 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"