TC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does TC mean? 

• TC (noun)
  The noun TC has 2 senses:

1. a crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium

2. a permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory

  Familiarity information: TC used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 43; Tc; technetium

Hypernyms ("Tc" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

TC; Trusteeship Council

Hypernyms ("TC" is a kind of...):

council (a body serving in an administrative capacity)

Holonyms ("TC" is a member of...):

UN; United Nations (an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security)

 Context examples 

Following ingestion of ER 5-FC, intravenous injection of a retroviral vector encoding cytosine deaminase (TC 511) at a tumor site may result in higher local concentrations of 5-FU and its metabolites, and increased tumor cell death than other 5-FU treatment regimens.

(Extended Release Flucytosine, NCI Thesaurus)