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abbreviation
Music. basso continuo.
blind copy: used as a notation on the copy of a letter or other document sent to a third person without the addressee's knowledge.Also bcc
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BC
abbreviation
Scuba Diving. buoyancy compensator.
British Columbia, Canada (approved for postal use).
Other definitions for bc (3 of 5)
b.c.
or B.C.
abbreviation
before Christ (used in indicating dates).
usage note for b.c.
The abbreviation b.c. “before Christ” is always placed after a date or century: Cleopatra lived from 69 to 30 b.c. The war took place in the first century b.c. See also a.d.1
Other definitions for bc (4 of 5)
B/C
bills for collection.
Other definitions for bc (5 of 5)
B.C.
abbreviation
Bachelor of Chemistry.
Bachelor of Commerce.
bass clarinet.
battery commander.
British Columbia.
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British Dictionary definitions for bc
BC
abbreviation for
Also: B.C. (indicating years numbered back from the supposed year of the birth of Christ) before Christin 54 bc Caesar came Compare AD
British Columbia
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Cultural definitions for bc
B.C.
An abbreviation used with dates of events that took place before the birth of Jesus. b.c. stands for before Christ. (Compare a.d.; see b.c.e.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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