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  • u.c.
    u.c.
    abbreviation
    una corda.
  • U.C.
    U.C.
    abbreviation
    Upper Canada.
  • UC
    UC
    abbreviation
    University College

u.c.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Music. una corda.

  2. Printing. upper case.


U.C. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Upper Canada.

  2. under construction.

  3. undercover.


UC 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. University College

"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

u.c. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. upper case

"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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At least 34 scientists contributed to the project, representing Bioluminescence Hub partners such as Brown University, Central Michigan University, U.C.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2025

Familismo “teaches children that they’re accountable to something larger than themselves,” said Gustavo Carlo, a professor at the school of education at U.C.

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She was to cover the Sino-Japanese War for “Colliers Magazine,” and he was the unwilling companion, or U.C., lovingly nicknamed by Gellhorn.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025

Generally speaking, supermarkets operate on slim profit margins, and pricing is a byzantine calculus, says U.C.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025

One's a U.C. boat but the other's a big one.

From H.M.S. —— by John Graham Bower

As for whether the tech industry’s deep pockets will influence new legislators’ votes, UC Riverside political science professor Shaun Bowler said they’ll be a big factor, but not the only one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Now, researchers from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of Lincoln have identified a surprisingly important factor: how sticky the marine snow is.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Scientists at UC San Francisco may have uncovered an important part of the answer.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

“I don’t know if anyone sees a new direction to go,” said Thad Kousser, a professor of political science at UC San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Back in high school, she was extremely vocal in pointing out hypocrisies in the curriculum, or inequalities in their disciplinary system—and nothing has really changed now that she’s a social ecology major at UC Irvine.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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