Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation binary coded decimal
- abbreviation buoyancy control device
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- noun computing, electronics
binary-coded decimal - noun astronomy blue compact dwarf, blue compact dwarf galaxy
- noun cycling , bolt circle diameter, a measurement of the various sizes of
chainring
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Examples
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Again, they’re not bad … they’re just the middle of the road … BCD is great for Tofu obviously, but not for meats IMO.
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What you use is some kind of BCD binary coded decimal package, which stores numbers in decimal.
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In contrast to Diehr, the earlier Benson case presented the Court with claims drawn to a process of converting data in binary-coded decimal ( "BCD") format to pure binary format via an algorithm programmed onto a digital computer.
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Records are often incomplete or inaccurate; for instance a 2010 report found that 75 percent of industrial catches from 2008 and 2009 are missing data from their BCD, information that is critical when trying to count and track the amount of bluefin caught each year.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Protecting Tuna With Technology Lee Crockett 2011
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Yvo hits up BCD Tofu House in K-Town [Feisty Foodie] “Watch me order a sandwich on You Tube!”
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When I recently switched the spider from a 130mm to a 110mm BCD and added a 53-tooth chainring, I started tossing the chain to the outside of the big ring when I stand up in the twelve.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Chainring flex, mid-foot cleats, bottom bracket drilling and more 2011
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First of all, running a 53T on a 110mm BCD spider, especially a lightweight one, as I glean from your remarks it must be, will flex much more than a 53T on a 130mm BCD spider.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Chainring flex, mid-foot cleats, bottom bracket drilling and more 2011
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Records are often incomplete or inaccurate; for instance a 2010 report found that 75 percent of industrial catches from 2008 and 2009 are missing data from their BCD, information that is critical when trying to count and track the amount of bluefin caught each year.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Protecting Tuna With Technology Lee Crockett 2011
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But, that never happened with the 130mm BCD spider and a heavier chainring.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Chainring flex, mid-foot cleats, bottom bracket drilling and more 2011
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My other favorite is BCD Tofu, on 32nd between 5th and 6th Ave.
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