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See also: sc, Sc, SC, Sc., .sc, -sc, and S.C.

English

Adverb

sc. (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of scilicet: namely, to wit, (law) done and recorded in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction.

Noun

sc.

  1. Abbreviation of scene.
  2. Abbreviation of scruple (“unit of measure”).

Anagrams

Latin

Figure 5 from Plate LXX in Vol. II of the 1771 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed.

Alternative forms

Verb

sc.

  1. (printing, art) Abbreviation of sculpsit, he/she/it engraved this
    A. Bell sc.
    Andrew Bell engraved
    Engraved Andrew Bell

Usage notes

Frequently used across Western Europe in the early modern period to mark the name of the artist who engraved the initial sketch for printing.

Coordinate terms

Romanian

Noun

sc.

  1. Abbreviation of scară (“stairwell, staircase”).
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