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uc

uc is the initialism of upper case.

Meaning of upper case

Noun

upper case (uncountable)

  1. The capital letters A, B, C, ... as opposed to the small letters a, b, c, ....
    Synonyms:
    majuscule, u/c

Proper noun capitalized: UC

UC

  1. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of University of California A university system in California
    • “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four...1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11
    • With the changes to federal and state public health guidance and the end of the federal Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023, UC is moving to a systemwide COVID-19 vaccination opt-out program for UC students and employees.2023 May 25, “UC updating COVID-19 vaccination policy to systemwide opt-out program”, in UCNet
  2. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of University of Cincinnati.
  3. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of University of the Cordilleras.
  4. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of University of Cebu.
  5. (Australia, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of University of Canberra.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Urban Council (a now abolished level of local government in Hong Kong)
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of United Conservatives.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Universal Credit

Noun (1) capitalized: UC

UC (countable and uncountable, plural UCs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of ulcerative colitis.
  2. (Hinduism, India, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of upper caste.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of United Conservative.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of ultra capacity.

Noun (2) capitalized: uC

uC (plural uCs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of microcontroller.

Forms of uc

pluralUCs
pluraluCs

Questions about uc

What is uc the initialism of?
Uc is the initialism of upper case.
What part of speech is uc?
Uc can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near uc in the dictionary

  1. Ubx
  2. Ubykh
  3. Ubykhia
  4. Ubykhs
  5. Ubyx
  6. uc
  7. UCA
  8. UCaaS
  9. Ucalegon
  10. Ucalegons
  11. UCAS

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uc (page history and authors); UC (page history and authors); uC (page history and authors); upper case (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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