UVC

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A form of ultraviolet C — the shortest ultraviolet wavelength, unable to penetrate the Earth's atmosphere

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Meanings

nounUVC (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of ultraviolet C.
  2. abbreviationinitialismuncountablebiologyInitialism of underwater visual census.

    UVC provided better estimates of the rare or cryptic reef associated species.

    2012, Michael Lowry, Heath Folpp, Marcus Gregson, Iain Suthers, “Comparison of baited remote underwater video (BRUV) and underwater visual census (UVC) for assessment of artificial reefs in estuaries”, in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, volume 416ndash;417, →DOI, →ISSN, retrieved 01 Dec 2022
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