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B 1
1. The symbol for boron.
2. The symbol for magnetic flux density.
B 2
abbr.
1. baryon number
2. Baseball base
3. Music bass
4. billion
5. bishop (chess)
b 1
or B (bē)n. pl. b's or B's also bs or Bs
1. The second letter of the modern English alphabet.
2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter b.
3. The second in a series.
4. Something shaped like the letter B.
5. B The second best or second highest in quality or rank: a mark of B on an English theme.
6. Music
a. The seventh tone in the scale of C major or the second tone in the relative minor scale.
b. A key or scale in which B is the tonic.
c. A written or printed note representing this tone.
d. A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.
7. B One of the four major blood groups in the ABO system. Individuals with this blood group have the B antigen on the surface of their red blood cells, and the anti-A antibody in their blood serum.
b 2
abbr.
1. Physics barn
2. or B bel
3. bottom quark
4. breadth
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b
(biː) orB
n, pl b's, B's or Bs
1. the second letter and first consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. (Phonetics & Phonology) a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiced bilabial stop, as in bell
3. Also: beta the second in a series, esp the second highest grade in an examination
b
symbol for
(Chess & Draughts) chess See algebraic notation
B
symbol for
1. (Music, other) music
a. a note having a frequency of 493.88 hertz (B above middle C) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the seventh note of the scale of C major
b. a key, string, or pipe producing this note
c. the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
2. the supporting or less important of two things: the B side of a record.
3. (Physiology) a human blood type of the ABO group, containing the B antigen
4. (in Britain) a secondary road
5. (Mathematics) the number 11 in hexadecimal notation
6. (Elements & Compounds) chem boron
7. (General Physics) magnetic flux density
8. (Chess & Draughts) chess bishop
10. (General Physics) physics Also: b bel
11. (Nuclear Physics) physics baryon number
12. (Currencies) balboa
13. (Currencies) belga
14. (Currencies) bolívar
15. (Photography) photog B-setting
16. (Sociology)
a. a person whose job is in middle management, or who holds an intermediate administrative or professional position
b. (as modifier): a B worker. See also occupation groupings
abbreviation for
(Automotive Engineering) Belgium (international car registration)
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B, b
(bi)n., pl. Bs B's, bs b's.
1. the second letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2. any spoken sound represented by this letter.
3. something shaped like a B.
4. a written or printed representation of the letter B or b.
B
Chess. bishop.
B
Symbol.
1. the second in order or in a series.
2. (sometimes l.c.) a grade or mark indicating that academic work, a product, etc., is good but not of the highest quality.
3. a major blood group. See ABO system.
4.
a. the seventh tone of the ascending C major scale.
b. a tonality having B as the tonic.
5. boron.
6. magnetic induction.
7. a designation for a motion picture made on a low budget.
B.
1. bachelor.
2. bacillus.
3. Baseball. base; baseman.
4. bay.
5. Bible.
6. bolivar.
7. book.
8. born.
9. breadth.
10. British.
11. brother.
12. brotherhood.
b.
1. bachelor.
2. bale.
3. bass.
4. basso.
5. bay.
6. billion.
7. blend of; blended.
8. book.
9. born.
10. breadth.
11. brother.
B-
(in designations of aircraft) bomber: B-29.
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B
The symbol for boron.
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B
A member of the second highest grouping into which society is divided by occupation, typically a person in middle management, or in the intermediate ranks of an administrative or professional occupation.
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| Noun | 1. |  B - aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soilanthrax bacillus, Bacillus anthracis - a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon Bacillus globigii, Bacillus subtilis, grass bacillus, hay bacillus - a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics Yersinia pestis - a bacillus bacterium that causes the plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella genus Bacillus - type genus of the Bacillaceae; includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites |
| 2. |  B - originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitaminscholine - a B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin; essential in the metabolism of fat inositol - an optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex pantothen, pantothenic acid - a vitamin of the vitamin B complex that performs an important role in the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates and certain amino acids; occurs in many foods water-soluble vitamin - any vitamin that is soluble in water aneurin, antiberiberi factor, thiamin, thiamine, vitamin B1 - a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth antipernicious anemia factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamin B12 - a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia hepatoflavin, lactoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G - a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss adermin, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, vitamin B6 - a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch folacin, folate, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M - a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction niacin, nicotinic acid - a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract | |
| 3. |  B - a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powderchemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter borax - an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent kernite - a light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form; an important source of boron | |
| 4. |  B - a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibelssound unit - any acoustic unit of measurement | |
| 5. | b - (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter atomic physics, nuclear physics, nucleonics - the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei area unit, square measure - a system of units used to measure areas | |
| 6. |  b - the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabetLatin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" | |
| 7. |  B - the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigenblood group, blood type - human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
B
b [ˈbiː] n (= mark) → bien, B
I got a B- → j'ai eu 14
I got a B+ → j'ai eu 16
I got a B- → j'ai eu 14
I got a B+ → j'ai eu 16
(= musical note) B → si m B-road
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
B
, bn → B nt, → b nt; (Sch: as a mark) → zwei, gut; (Mus) → H nt, → h nt; B flat → B nt, → b nt; B sharp → His nt, → his nt ? natural
b
abbr of born → geb.Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
B
b [biː] na. (letter) → B, b f or m inv
b. (Mus) → si m
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