Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation chemical engineer
- abbreviation civil engineer
- abbreviation Common Era
- abbreviation Corps of Engineers
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- proper noun The European Community: abbreviation of Communauté Européenne.
- initialism
Common Era orChristian Era . Often written insmall caps likeAD andBC . - initialism
Church of England . More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England. - initialism Civil engineer.
- initialism Computer engineer.
- initialism
close encounter (CE-1, CE-2, etc.) - abbreviation
Ceará , a state ofBrazil .
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As the article implies, the term CE was not in wide use 35 years ago.
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As the article implies, the term CE was not in wide use 35 years ago.
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And, perhaps, that replacing AD with CE is an endlessly annoying example of correctness at the expense of clarity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Trinity University Keeping “Year of Our Lord” in Its Diplomas 2010
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Hey Skipper: And, perhaps, that replacing AD with CE is an endlessly annoying example of correctness at the expense of clarity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Trinity University Keeping “Year of Our Lord” in Its Diplomas 2010
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CE is only doing this for marketing to get more people and more people. 10 dollar is great but you have to pay extra alot extra to do the activities.
Twilight Lexicon » Great news from Creation Entertainment! 2010
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And, perhaps, that replacing AD with CE is an endlessly annoying example of correctness at the expense of clarity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Trinity University Keeping “Year of Our Lord” in Its Diplomas 2010
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This device, which can run Linux or Windows CE, is a hands-free computer which handles wireless networking and GPS tracking.
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The CE is not * wrong*, because this is a stylistic thing, but it * is* a stylistic thing, and * my* style is to use the frelling commas.
stuffy headed kit 2006
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This device, which can run Linux or Windows CE, is a hands-free computer which handles wireless networking and GPS tracking.
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I also added some more history about where the terms CE and AD come from; hope I helped!
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