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[sic] is used as a comment in quoted text to mean "it appeared this way in the original". It is from the Latin word sic meaning "thus". It also stands for "spelling in context'.

SiC is silicon carbide

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Sic is a Latin term that means "thus" or "so." It is used in writing to indicate that a quoted passage is reproduced verbatim, even if it contains errors or unusual spelling.

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SIC stands for Standard Industrial Classification

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Latin for thus it stand?

This it stands = Sic statLet it stand (used in proofreading, editing) = Stet


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Latin 3 letter word meaning thus it stand?

You mean sic, but in fact that means just "thus". If you wanted to say "thus it stands" in Latin you'd say sic stat.


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What is the word for thus it stands?

> there by In Latin, "sic stat," or even simply "sic." By the way, in editing, the word "stet," which means "let it stand" in Latin, indicates that a word or section marked for deletion should stay in as originally written.


What is Latin for thus it stands?

Sic 'Sic' means simply 'thus.' If you really want 'Thus it stands,' that's 'Sic stat.'