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Sd vs Bc - What's the difference?

sd | bc |

As a noun sd

is , standard deviation.

As an abbreviation bc is

basso continuo, a musical term used primarily in the baroque period.

sd

Translingual

Symbol

(head)
  • The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Sudan.
  • ISO 3166-1 ----

    bc

    English

    ===(en)=== (Before Christ)
  • Before Christ. Often written in small caps.
  • The Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 BC to AD 220.
  • British Columbia, a Canadian province.
  • Baja California, a Mexican state.
  • birth control
  • (label)
  • Usage notes

    * The as well as most house styles require placing the AD' before the number of the year and ' BC after, although in casual use either abbreviation can be found in either place. * Some use BCE, for "Before the Common Era", which is more secular in nature, to avoid potential Christian bias. * "B.C." is the customary abbreviation of British Columbia as used in case citations; see e.g. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Geographical Terms: Australian states and Canadian provinces and territories", Table T10.2, page 438.

    Synonyms

    * (before Christ) , BCE

    Antonyms

    * (before Christ) (anno Domini, Anno Domini, in the year of our Lord); CE (Christian Era, Common Era, Current Era)

    Derived terms

    * BCer

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • British Columbia, a province of Canada.
  • (US, navy) battlecruiser, a type of warship.
  • Anagrams

    * English retronyms