"BDC" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} BDC (not comparable)
  1. (dance) Initialism of backing diagonally to the center. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: backing diagonally to the center Related terms (backing diagonally to the center): BDW, DC, DW, FDC, FDW
    Sense id: en-BDC-en-adv-qLOPza7y Categories (other): Dance Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} BDC
  1. (ballistics) Initialism of bullet drop compensation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: bullet drop compensation
    Sense id: en-BDC-en-noun-rLs07T3V Categories (other): Ballistics Topics: ballistics, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  2. (engineering) Initialism of bottom dead centre/bottom dead center. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: bottom dead centre/bottom dead center Coordinate_terms: TDC
    Sense id: en-BDC-en-noun-vZZKHz1x Categories (other): Engineering, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 19 57 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 37 16 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 15 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 15 59 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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