H.c. Definition

abbreviation
For the sake of honor.
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(fandom slang) Hurt/comfort.
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letter

The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

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numeral

The ordinal number eighth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

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noun

(slang) A street term for heroin.

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(baseball) Hits, the number of hits by a given batter in a given season.

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(UK) A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade HB but darker marks than a pencil of grade 2H; a pencil with hard lead.

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Hentai.

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(journalism) Half-year.

We expect the amendment to enter into force in H2 2013.
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H.c. Sentence Examples

  • Henry started with methyl iodide, the formula of which we write in the form CI a H b H c H d.

  • The same methyl iodide gave with potassium cyanide, acetonitril, which was hydrolysed to acetic acid; this must be C(Coch) a H b H c H d.

  • This acid with silver nitrite gave nitroacetic acid, which readily gave the second nitromethane, CH a (NO 2) b H c H d, identical with the first nitromethane.

  • This plant was discovered by Irish botanist H C Hart in 1887 while on his honeymoon.

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