"BNC" meaning in English

See BNC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BNC
  1. (linguistics) Initialism of British National Corpus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: British National Corpus
    Sense id: en-BNC-en-name-5TB0~ol~ Categories (other): English, Linguistics, 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: 43 21 28 9 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 67 13 16 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 36 37 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 36 34 4 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (Oxford University) Initialism of Brasenose College, Oxford. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Brasenose College, Oxford
    Sense id: en-BNC-en-name-r5tXZC~S Categories (other): Oxford University English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 36 37 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 36 34 4
  3. (telecommunications) Initialism of Bajonet Neill-Concelman connector. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Bajonet Neill-Concelman connector Coordinate_terms: TNC, TNC connector, TNC coupler, TNC coupling, N-connector, N-coupler, N-coupling
    Sense id: en-BNC-en-name-XwPS~Obq Categories (other): Telecommunications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 36 37 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 36 34 4 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications Synonyms: BNC connector, BNC coupler, BNC coupling, bayonet navy connector, bayonet navy coupler, bayonet navy coupling, bayonet N-connector, bayonet N-coupler, bayonet N-coupling, bayonet nut connector, bayonet nut coupler, bayonet nut coupling, bayonet Neill–Concelman connector, bayonet Neill–Concelman coupler, bayonet Neill–Concelman coupling, bayonet Neill–Concelman

Noun

Forms: BNCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BNC (plural BNCs)
  1. (Internet) Abbreviation of bouncer. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: bouncer
    Sense id: en-BNC-en-noun-mMw2xMYf Categories (other): Internet

Inflected forms

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