UTC

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.
name
  1. Initialism of Uniform Traffic Code.
phrase
  1. Initialism of unable to contact.

Pronunciation

en-us-UTC.ogg

Word forms

UTC

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”.

Synonyms

GMT

Related words

Derived words

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