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Definitions: B.C. |
B.C.Noun1. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born; "in 200 BC" Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | 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). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Geography | /WEBIN 66 1-/. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
B.C. | English | Bayonet cap | Electrical Engineering |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Time | Hereupon, thereupon, whereupon; then; anno Domini; A.D.; ante Christum; A.C.; before Christ; B.C.; anno urbis conditae; A.U.C.; anno regni; A.R.; once upon a time, one fine morning, one fine day, one day, once. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | 000 B.C. Korg: 70 (1974) One Million Years B.C. (1966) 000 B.C. (Before Clothing) 50 (1963) One Million B.C. (1940) 2000 B.C. (1931) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Grenville Channel, B.C..Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Egyptian tomb painting from 1450 B.C. showing officer with sounding pole Officer is telling crew to come ahead slow Engineers with cat-o'-nine-tails assuring proper response from engines.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | [Bandaging scene from a 4th c. B.C. vase].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | 2. Pharmacy In Babylonia (About 2600 B.C.) / Robert A. Thom.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | 4. Days Of The Papyrus Ebers (1500 B.C.) / Robert A. Thom.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | 5. Father Of Pharmacognosy (About 300 B.C.) / Robert A. Thom.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | 3. Pharmacy in Ancient China (About 2000 B.C.) / Robert A. Thom.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | 6. The Royal Toxicologist (About 100 B.C.) / Robert A. Thom.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
B.c. Forbes | The most profitless thing to manufacture is excuses. |
| A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Egypt | By 6000 B.C., organized agriculture had appeared. (references) |
Vanuatu | Pottery fragments have been found dating back to 1300-1100 B.C. (references) | |
India | This civilization declined around 1500 B.C., probably due to ecological changes. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service. K K is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced away back beyond them to the Cerathians, a small commercial nation inhabiting the peninsula of Smero. In their tongue it was called Klatch, which means "destroyed." The form of the letter was originally precisely that of our H, but the erudite Dr. Snedeker explains that it was altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of the great temple of Jarute by an earthquake, circa 730 B.C. This building was famous for the two lofty columns of its portico, one of which was broken in half by the catastrophe, the other remaining intact. As the earlier form of the letter is supposed to have been suggested by these pillars, so, it is thought by the great antiquary, its later was adopted as a simple and natural -- not to say touching -- means of keeping the calamity ever in the national memory. It is not known if the name of the letter was altered as an additional mnemonic, or if the name was always Klatch and the destruction one of nature's pums. As each theory seems probable enough, I see no objection to believing both -- and Dr. Snedeker arrayed himself on that side of the question. |
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| "B.C." is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 78.62% of the time. "B.C." is used about 421 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 78.62% | 331 | 15,783 |
| Noun (proper) | 21.38% | 90 | 34,744 |
| Total | 100.00% | 421 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "B.C."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | B.C 。. (various references) | |
French | avant Jesus-Christ, av.J.-C., av. J.-C.. (various references) | |
German | v.chr. (Before Christ). (various references) | |
Greek | π.Χ., ρο Χριστού. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לפ י "ספיר". (various references) | |
Italian | avanti cristo (B.C.E., Before Christ, before the common era). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 紀元前 (pre-era). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | き'"ぜ" (pre-era). (various references) | |
Manx | R.C. (Before Christ). (various references) | |
Portuguese | antes de cristo. (various references) | |
Spanish | antes de jesucristo (before christ), antes de cristo (Before Christ). (various references) | |
Swedish | f.kr.. (various references) | |
Turkish | milattan önce (before christ). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | A.C., a.C.n., A.Chr., a.Chr.n., ante Christum, ante Christum natum. (various references) |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 2E 43 2E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 00101110 01000011 00101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B . C . |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 002E 0043 002E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36163716 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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