Meaning Of The Word BC

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B.C. in American English
abbreviation: Bachelor of Chemistry

BC
You use BC in dates to indicate a number of years or centuries before the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born. Compare AD.

BC in American English
before Christ
abbreviation: basso continuo
abbreviation: buoyancy compensator

BC in British English
abbreviation for: (indicating years numbered back from the supposed year of the birth of Christ) before Christ

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