bc
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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Other definitions for BC (2 of 5)
Scuba Diving. buoyancy compensator.
British Columbia, Canada (approved for postal use).
Other definitions for b.c. (3 of 5)
before Christ (used in indicating dates).
usage note For b.c.
Other definitions for B/C (4 of 5)
bills for collection.
Other definitions for B.C. (5 of 5)
Bachelor of Chemistry.
Bachelor of Commerce.
bass clarinet.
battery commander.
British Columbia.
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How to use bc in a sentence
Of course this was 40 years ago, which to a digital Millennial might as well make it 99 bc.
My Time on the Set of 'Jaws,' or How to Get a Photo of a Frickin' Mechanical Shark | Tom Shales | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe first unambiguous evidence of fortification walls dates from around 4300 bc in what is now Turkey.
For hundreds of years, around the first millennium bc, the house of worship and its home city were renowned as holy sites.
Iraq’s Long-Lost Mythical Temple Has Been Found…and Is In Danger of Disappearing Again | Nina Strochlic | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLater, around 400 bc, they invented faloodeh: rice water, vermicelli, and ice mixed with saffron and/or fruit.
An Investigation Into the Delicious Origins of Ice Cream | Andrew Romano | July 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBuilt circa 2700 bc, it is the oldest freestanding mud-brick building in the world.
Machine ab to bc, of the sole piece (fig. 2), open and press the seam.
Needlework Economies | VariousFor all permanent purposes bc-fel, or book-skin, was used; either vellum or parchmyn smothe, whyte and scribable.
Old English Libraries | Ernest SavageMeasure the distance bc between the top of the mercury and the closed end of the tube.
General Science | Bertha M. ClarkIf we supply the food unit by unit, the utility of the successive increments will decline along the curve bc.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates ClarkIt is, in like manner, the absolute utility of the successive increments supplied which declines along the curve bc.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates Clark
British Dictionary definitions for BC
Also: B.C. (indicating years numbered back from the supposed year of the birth of Christ) before Christ: in 54 bc Caesar came Compare AD
British Columbia
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Cultural definitions for 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.)
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