bc

Music. basso continuo.

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. Also bcc

Words nearby bc

bbl., bbm, bbq, bbs, bbsrc, bc, bc soil, bca, bcar, bcc, bcd

Definition for bc (2 of 6)

Scuba Diving. buoyancy compensator.

British Columbia, Canada (approved for postal use).

Definition for bc (3 of 6)

B&C

or B and C

Insurance. building and contents.

Definition for bc (4 of 6)

b.c.

or B.C.

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

Definition for bc (5 of 6)

B/C

bills for collection.

Definition for bc (6 of 6)

B.C.

Bachelor of Chemistry.

Bachelor of Commerce.

bass clarinet.

battery commander.

British Columbia.

Example sentences from the Web for bc

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 |DAILY BEAST
The first unambiguous evidence of fortification walls dates from around 4300 BC in what is now Turkey.

War! What Is It Good For? A Lot |Nick Romeo |August 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
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 |DAILY BEAST
Later, 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 |DAILY BEAST

Built circa 2700 BC, it is the oldest freestanding mud-brick building in the world.

The Nile: Where Ancient and Modern Meet |William O’Connor |June 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We have to infer that, because each is in the same straight line with BC, the one is in the same straight line with the other.

Kant's Theory of Knowledge |Harold Arthur Prichard
Machine ab to bc, of the sole piece (fig. 2), open and press the seam.

Needlework Economies |Various
AB represents the path of light in the air and BC its path in the water.

A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public |Frank Bertram Wade
BA is longer and accommodates a greater number of balls than can be accommodated on BC.

Perpetual Motion |Percy Verance
From what we have just been considering, you will at once see why bc must be the length of the side of the new square.

Amusements in Mathematics |Henry Ernest Dudeney

British Dictionary definitions for bc

abbreviation for

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

Cultural definitions for bc