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SEC en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of size-exclusion chromatography.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of scavenger endothelial cell.

Forms

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S.E.C. alternative lexicographic
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Hypernyms

chromatography

wikidata: Q85799903 · wikidata: Q1617865

Source: en.wiktionary, “SEC” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

SEC en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Securities and Exchange Commission.
    • Burr sold $1.65 million in stock on February 13, 2020, previous court filings by the SEC revealed. 2023 January 6, Manu Raju and Devan Cole, “SEC closes insider trading probe into former Republican senator”, in CNN:
    • “Anyway, Kaspersky took her story to the SEC. I’m sorry, it’s rude to throw obscure acronyms around. I mean the Securities and Exchange Commission. They’re the people who look after my industry.” Vincent knew what the SEC was, because she made an effort to follow the financial news, but she only nodded. 2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 71:
  2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, qualifier:college) Abbreviation of Southeastern Conference, a college athletics conference
  3. (Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of State Electricity Commission.

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S.E.C. alternative lexicographic

wikidata: Q953944