| 1. | Scuba Diving. buoyancy compensator. |
| 2. | British Columbia, Canada (approved for postal use). |
| 1. | Music. basso continuo. |
| 2. | Also, bcc blind copy: used as a notation on the carbon copy of a letter or other document sent to a third person without the addressee's knowledge. |
| bills for collection. |
| 1. | Bachelor of Chemistry. |
| 2. | Bachelor of Commerce. |
| 3. | bass clarinet. |
| 4. | battery commander. |
| 5. | before Christ (used in indicating dates). |
| 6. | British Columbia. |
| Insurance. building and contents. |
| an inflatable vest used to control one's buoyancy underwater or to rest at the surface, usually having a connecting hose for inflation or deflation by mouth and a CO2 cartridge for rapid, emergency inflation. |
| BC abbr.
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| British Columbia Abbr. BC or B.C. A province of western Canada bordering on the Pacific Ocean. It joined the confederation in 1871. The coastal area was first explored by Capt. James Cook in 1778. Victoria Island was a separate colony from 1849 until 1866, when it was combined with the mainland territory. Victoria is the capital and Vancouver the largest city. Population: 4,110,000. |
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.)
BC
An arbitrary precision numeric processing language with C-like syntax. Traditionally implemented as a front-end to DC. There is a GNU version called GNU BC.
Unix manual page: bc(1).
| bc blind copy |
| Bc committed burst |
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