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MCB

British  

abbreviation

  1. miniature circuit breaker; a small trip switch operated by an overload and used to protect an electric circuit, esp a domestic circuit as an alternative to a fuse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"We're not saying that all MCB is going to kill ENSO. We're just saying that this happens if you do it in this specific region," she said.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

Mr Crowe also wanted a more environmentally efficient design, off the back of an oil crisis, and he said MCB would "reduce solar gain in summer and fuel consumption in winter".

From BBC Sep. 15, 2023

“The MCB Camp Pendleton Provost Marshall Office deployed the final denial barriers and disabled the vehicle,” the tweet said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2023

Officially, the military had me down as an enlisted man who’d signed up for a hitch in the Navy and had gotten himself attached to MCB 71, a Mobile Construction Battalion, the Seabees.

From Seattle Times Mar. 25, 2022

“I don’t see the partners or the MCB kicking the Russians out. The Russians would have to decide on their own that they want to leave. And so far, they haven’t.”

From Washington Post Mar. 15, 2022

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