YC

See also: yC, -yc, ус, үс, and ᎩᏟ

Translingual

Symbol

YC

1. (metrology) Symbol for yottacoulomb, an SI unit of electric charge equal to 10²⁴ coulombs.

English

Etymology

Combination of prefix C and prefix modifier Y

Noun

YC

1. (US, military, aviation) prototype cargoplane (prefix)

Derived terms

• YC-17

See also

• KC, RC, QC, AC, XC, VC
• YA, YB, YF, YQ
• Y-plane

Proper noun

YC

1. (business) Initialism of Y Combinator.
   • 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, quoting Chris Dixon, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker‎^[1]:

     The venture capitalist Chris Dixon told me, “They created the greatest business model of all time. For basically no money”— YC gives each company just a hundred and twenty thousand dollars, to cover expenses—“they get seven per cent of a lot of the best startups in Silicon Valley!”

Anagrams

• -cy, CY, Cy

Spanish

Proper noun

YC

1. Abbreviation of Yucatan.