CCC

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See also: CCC+, CCC−, and ccc

Translingual

Symbol

CCC

  1. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by S&P Global Ratings, indicating that a bond is low grade with extremely high risk of default.
  2. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is low grade with very high risk of default.

English

Noun

CCC (countable and uncountable, plural CCCs)

  1. (physical chemistry, analytical chemistry) Initialism of countercurrent chromatography.
  2. Initialism of County Cricket Club.

Proper noun

CCC

  1. Initialism of Climate Change Committee.
  2. Initialism of Copyright Clearance Center.
  3. (US) Initialism of Civilian Conservation Corps.
    • 2021, Richard Powers, Bewilderment, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 17:
      We climbed up into the cove hardwood along a CCC path laid by unemployed boys not much older than Robin.
    • 2023 September 24, Michael D. Smith, “Opinion: Biden’s American Climate Corps could be the lasting legacy of this generation”, in CNN‎:
      The CCC would restore the soil health of farmlands in the Heartland and power the Colorado River by constructing the Hoover Dam. Their work transformed the very landscape of America.
  4. Initialism of Chaos Computer Club.
  5. Initialism of California Conservation Corps.
  6. Initialism of Crime and Corruption Commission.
  7. (Oxford University) Initialism of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
  8. Initialism of Council of Conservative Citizens.
  9. (Zimbabwe, politics) Initialism of Citizens Coalition for Change.
  10. Initialism of Civilian Climate Corps.
    • 2021 September 28, Rachel Ramirez and Ella Nilsen, “Democrats say a Civilian Climate Corps will create jobs. Here’s how it could work.”, in CNN‎:
      “The CCC is about saving the planet, but it’s also about making the planet a place where people feel it’s actually worth saving,” Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, who is leading the Civilian Climate Corps push in the Senate, told CNN.

Derived terms

References

Countercurrent Chromatography (also known as centrifugal partition chromatography)

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

CCC m

  1. initialism of Chaos Computer Club
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