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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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"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

But once the SCR rules are applied no club's spending limit would reach £600m.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Asked about SCR at the Leaders sports conference in London, Masters said: "We are talking to our clubs about an alternative system. That's not to say we don't think the PSR system works."

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.