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UTC en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Etymology

A compromise initialism between English CUT (“Coordinated Universal Time”) and French TUC (“Temps Universel Coordonné”), unofficially giving “Universal Time Coordinated” and “Universel Temps Coordonné”.

Meanings

  1. Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.

Deriveds

UTC offset

Relateds

UT1 · military time · Zulu time · UT · GMT

Synonyms

GMT

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

UTC en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Uniform Traffic Code.
Source: en.wiktionary, “UTC” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

UTC en · X · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of unable to contact.