LC
abbreviation
LC
1 American
L/C
2
American
Or
l/c
l.c.
3
American
abbreviation
l.c.
4
American
abbreviation
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left center.
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letter of credit.
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Printing. lower case.
L.C.
5
American
abbreviation
lc
1
British
abbreviation
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left centre (of a stage, etc)
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loco citato
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printing lower case
LC
2
British
abbreviation
L/C
3
British
abbreviation
lc
4
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of l.c.
From Latin locō citātō
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In 1901 it started to use the LC classification system for organizing materials by subject, and by 1950, it had created the National Union Catalog, shaping how research libraries store their holdings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Ghosh, who specializes in subcortical brain structures, suggested that the LC might be a good candidate to study for these effects.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024
Art pieces sprinkled throughout the park include “Those Who Came Before Us,” by artist Lisa Jackson of the Suquamish Tribe, and “Community,” by LC Pitre.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
“This Laptop Has Been Drinking,” in her 2020 show at LC Queisser in Tbilisi, comprises a stained table bearing what’s described as a “wine-soaked laptop,” lid closed, containing “four excised poems.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
Because of the variety of formats and types of texts, to capitalize the equipment and have the talents and skills to operate them at LC would be extremely expensive.
From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress
For a clear statement of the modern Jain doctrine about dharma and adharma, see Jagmanderlal Jaini, l.c. pp.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
This is contrary to Wendt's opinion, l.c., p.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
Child remarks that dipping into water or milk is necessary before transformation can take place, and gives examples, l.c.,
From More English Fairy Tales by John Dickson Batten
Elizabeth is in the aviary crooning to her Himalayan eagles; Carlyon is writing l.c.;
From Carlyon Sahib by Gilbert Murray
Plotinus employs the subsidiary notion μερισμος in the same way as Tertullian; see Hagemann l.c. p.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
As the small aircraft manufacturers that would eventually become, or be replaced by, Lockheed, Douglas and Northrop planted themselves on the West Coast, L.C.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
L.C. became the foundation for the lawsuit the Department of Justice levied against Georgia in 2010 that sought to force the state to fix its system.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
Contestants such as a charismatic woman named L.C. and drawling country boy Logan emerged as fan favorites, partially because of a clever partnership they strike up early in the season.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
The opportunity to learn at the hand of Greene, L.C.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 21, 2020
The first thing he saw was a green suit-case, with the initials L.C. painted on the lid.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
In the lower part of the figure the cortex has been cut away to show the axis, ax, and the longitudinal canals, lc, surrounding it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Cap Capitalize. lc Lower case; small letter. δ Delete; omit. stet Restore the words crossed out.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
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