sc

Other forms of sc

plural

scs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sc

What does sc mean?

sc means "a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sc?

sc has 1 syllable: sc.

What is another word for sc?

Close synonyms include scandium, atomic number 21, South Carolina, Palmetto State, S.C.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sc a common word?

sc is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.