Meaning of Unc | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Clipping of uncle.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
2. A phenotype of Caenorhabditis elegans that moves in an uncoordinated manner.
3. Initialism of Uniform Naming Convention, a syntax to describe the location of a network resource.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. An older male relative.
   Internet
5. Initialism of University of North Carolina.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. Any older man, especially middle-aged.
   Internet, broadly
7. Initialism of United Nations Command.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
8. Initialism of Unified Coarse (formerly an initialism of Unified National Coarse), a screw thread classification within the Unified Thread Standard.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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Examples

“Then Pangborn would find him and ask him what he thought he was doing here. He would ask if Ace had a job. He didn't, and he couldn't even claim he had come back to visit his unc, because Pop had been in his junkshop when the place burned down.”

“Yo, TikTok, we need to raise money for Unc.”

“Now he’s [Hasan Piker] thirty-three—so old, in streamer years, that his fans call him “unc.””

“We are now unc and frequently also washed.”

“The Bristol chromosome I was marked with mutations in two widely spaced genes, dpy-5 (e61 ) and unc-54 (el 90). A strain homozygous for these markers is dumpy and uncoordinated.”

“The most intriging mutated gene is called an "unc" gene for uncoordinated. In this mutant, the modified gene is expressed as an alteration of the muscle tissue. The worm does not move in the typical nematode fashion. Insights concerning the modified mechanism in these "unc" worms may provide insight into such diseases as muscular dystrophy.”

“Unc animals do not move in the normal sinusoidal pattern of wildtype animals.”

“Mutations in the lon-2 gene result in worms that are unusually long (Lon), while mutations in the unc-78 gene result in worms that are uncoordinated (Unc).”

“\\BobsComputer\Shared\ColourLaser200 is the UNC path to Bob's printer.”

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