bc
abbreviation
basso continuo.
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bc
1 Americanabbreviation
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Music. basso continuo.
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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
BC
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American
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Scuba Diving. buoyancy compensator.
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British Columbia, Canada (approved for postal use).
B/C
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b.c.
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American
Or
B.C.
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B.C.
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American
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Bachelor of Chemistry.
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Bachelor of Commerce.
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bass clarinet.
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battery commander.
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British Columbia.
BC
British
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Also: B.C.. (indicating years numbered back from the supposed year of the birth of Christ) before Christ Compare AD
in 54 bc Caesar came
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British Columbia
Usage
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
Example Sentences
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"Watching multiple kids is hard! Bc there's so many of them and you only have two eyes!! It's a very sad situation going on and my heart goes out to @janamduggar love you."
From Fox News • Dec. 13, 2021
Bc he was the one wounded I presume?
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2018
“Bc good acting performance matters more than humanity, human integrity! Bc poor kid rly needs the help!”
From Washington Times • Jan. 25, 2017
"Bc easy with him," put in Egan from the next cot.
From Soldiers Three - Part 2 by Kipling, Rudyard
At point f, where the horizontal trace intersects the base Bc of the vertical plane, raise perpendicular fP till it cuts a�e� at point P, which is the point required.
From The Theory and Practice of Perspective by Storey, G. A. (George Adolphus)
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