SCC

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SCC

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

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SCC (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[1] (press release from Arizona State University), archived from the original on 2021-10-30:
      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.

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