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    SCR
    silicon-controlled rectifier.
  • scr.
    scr.
    abbreviation
    scruple.

SCR

1 American  
Electronics.
  1. silicon-controlled rectifier.


scr. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. scruple.


SCR 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. (in British universities) senior common room

  2. silicon controlled rectifier

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

scr. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. scruple (unit of weight)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Uefa's SCR spending limit is 70%, which all clubs in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League must adhere to.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

There is no universal SCR or percentage across the top leagues, but others have more stringent rules than the Premier League.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

SCR is similar to Uefa's existing financial rules and allows clubs to spend up to a percentage of their total revenues on squad-related costs.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

“Promised matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts allowed our organization to secure the resources necessary to produce this work,” SCR wrote in a statement about “The Staircase” by Noa Gardner.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

At nine-thirty in the morning twelve student radar operators and three instructors were tracking nine jets on an SCR 584 radar set when two UFO targets appeared on the scope.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.

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