TUC

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TUC

proper noun

  1. UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Trades Union Congress, a federation of trade unions in England and Wales. An early instance, says the TUC, of the kind of unholy alliance between lawyers, police, government and News International that exemplifies the "malign and corrosive" influence of Rupert Murdoch on the British establishment.
  2. The station code of Tung Chung in Hong Kong.

noun TUCs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of time of useful consciousness: The time one may remain functional after a rapid decompression event without supplemental oxygen, at altitudes higher than that which one may remain functional at in ambient pressures.

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@misc{tuc_2026,
  title = {TUC},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tuc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}