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TC

TC is the initialism of time counter.

TC is the initialism of thermocouple.

TC is the initialism of traffic collision.

TC is the initialism of textile color.

TC is the initialism of total compensation.

TC is the initialism of time control.

Meaning of thermocouple

Noun

thermocouple (plural thermocouples)

  1. A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is produced that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the two junctions (one of which is normally held at a known temperature)

Meaning of time control

Noun

time control (plural time controls)

  1. (especially) A mechanism in the tournament play of two-player board games in which each player has a set amount of time per game; the specific parameters of such a mechanism.
  2. A point in the game in which the parameters of the time limits increase, especially in classical chess.
    • Smyslov was a piece up against him with two moves to go before time control when he missed three winning lines and drew.2014, Andrew Soltis, Soviet Chess 1917-1991, page 243

Forms of TC

pluralTCs

Questions about TC

What is TC the initialism of?
TC is the initialism of time counter.

Words near TC in the dictionary

  1. TBUs
  2. TBV
  3. TBW
  4. tbyte
  5. tbytes
  6. TC
  7. TCA
  8. TCA cycle
  9. TCAA
  10. TCAP
  11. TCAPs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: TC (page history and authors); thermocouple (page history and authors); time control (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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