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SCR

1 American  
Electronics.

  1. silicon-controlled rectifier.

scr. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. scruple.

SCR 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. (in British universities) senior common room

  2. silicon controlled rectifier

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scr. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. scruple (unit of weight)

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SCR will create some more scope, but not enough to be transformational - especially when their rivals have greater spending power, as Newcastle discovered last summer.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Uefa's SCR spending limit is 70%, which all clubs in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League must adhere to.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, a European club generating revenues of £1bn, for example, would be able to spend £700m, while still adhering to Uefa's SCR rules.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

“Promised matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts allowed our organization to secure the resources necessary to produce this work,” SCR wrote in a statement about “The Staircase” by Noa Gardner.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

At nine-thirty in the morning twelve student radar operators and three instructors were tracking nine jets on an SCR 584 radar set when two UFO targets appeared on the scope.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.

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