SCC

See also: scc

English

Proper noun

SCC

1. Initialism of Society of Cosmetic Chemists.
2. Initialism of Supreme Court of Canada.

Noun

SCC (countable and uncountable, plural SCCs)

1. Initialism of single-column centimetre (“a charging unit for advertising space in newspapers”).
2. (pathology) Initialism of squamous cell carcinoma.
   • 1993, W. E. De Launey, Harvey Rotstein, W. A. Land, De Launey and Land Principles and Practice of Dermatology:

     Ulcerated BCC may mimic SCC, and Bowen's disease may be misdiagnosed for the superficial and morphoeic forms.

3. Initialism of standard contractual clause.
4. Initialism of stress corrosion cracking.
   • 2018 September 10, “Decoupling stress and corrosion to predict metal failure”, in Phys.org‎ (press release from Arizona State University), archived from the original on 30 October 2021:

     When metals are exposed to water containing salts, the strength of the metal can be severely compromised and lead to unexpected failure. An example of a SCC failure is the 2003 Kinder Morgan gasoline pipeline in Tucson, AZ.

Anagrams

• CCS, CCs, CSC, cc's, ccs