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UTC¹

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

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

    Similar: GMT

UTC²

proper noun

  1. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Uniform Traffic Code

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of unable to contact

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hour, otc, tuc, civil time, ctcp, cp time, ustc, cctld, toctou, uucp, usct, ctcss, uart, cert, csac, cts.

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MLA

"UTC." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/utc. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

UTC. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/utc

Chicago

"UTC." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/utc.

BibTeX
@misc{utc_2026,
  title = {UTC},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/utc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}