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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

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scr. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. scruple (unit of weight)

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Example Sentences

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But once you look under the hood you see that SCR might reinforce the financial dominance of the Premier League's established order.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

"With having a bigger stadium, hoping to either expand the stadium or move, they see the longer-term benefits of SCR."

From BBC • Mar. 23, 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

“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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