Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Latin ante cibum (before meals)
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- initialism electricity
alternating current - initialism medicine ante cibum, before meals
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Sfmike wrote: ... and "music-drama" is a German concept, a.c., the Italian version is simply Opera even though Monteverdi definitely wrote "music-drama".
Pretty Woman Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Verdi was god and so was Rossini (and "music-drama" is a German concept, a.c., the Italian version is simply Opera even though Monteverdi definitely wrote "music-drama").
Pretty Woman Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Set a.c. at 78 degrees F. and save 726 lbs. of CO2 a year.
Mindy Pennybacker: A 12-Step program for oil addicts: green grilling, chilling & more 2010
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Florescano señala que la Cuenta Larga registraba el número de días transcurridos desde el año 3114 a.c., una fecha mítica escogida por los mayas, y que probablemente servía para que los dirigentes registraran su ascendencia genealógica y la vincularan con su presente.
Pseudohistoria: 2012, el fin del mundo se acerca (��Otra vez?) 2009
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Scott: I like the cathartic quality of william burroughs and charles bukowski, but on the opposite end of spectrum ... my true faves would have to be: Radhanatha Swami, The Journey Home Autobiography of an American swami, Indradyumna Swami - diary of a traveling preacher, and absolutely nothing surpasses His divine grace a.c. bhaktivedanta swami srila prabhupada - anything he's done.
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As you may have guessed i don't have air conditioning, and neither did anyone else for most of our history ... so there must be a wealth of trial and error and discoveries out there that we have just forgotten post a.c. Does anyone know of any other things/ideas? ...
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February 17th, 2009 @ 4:21 PM music photo via a.c. newman myspace
win tickets : a.c. newman at neumo’s on saturday | Seattle Metblogs 2009
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Are the RV systems 110V a.c. as well as 12 V d.c.?
Satellite Internet 2007
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We had been awakened by the sound of our a.c. laboring like a jet engine at the end of a runway.
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I'm all for participating in the myriad things we can do to assist turning back the tide on human-made global warming: writing to a corporation about being environmentally responsible, turning off unnecessary lights and keeping the heat or a.c. on "low", voting for the politicians who will lead us into cleaner living, and driving a smaller more fuel efficient car.
Kathy Freston: Taking Global Warming Personally (and Shedding Some Holiday Weight at the Same Time) 2008
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