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Tb 1The symbol for the element terbium. |
tbabbreviation for1. (Business / Commerce) trial balance 2. (Medicine / Pathology) Also TB tuberculosis Tbthe chemical symbol for (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) terbium TBabbreviation for1. (Military) torpedo boat 2. (Medicine / Pathology) Also tb tuberculosis
TB1. Abbreviation of terabyte 2. Abbreviation of tuberculosis |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | Tb - a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbitemetal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. apatite - a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus gadolinite, ytterbite - a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium monazite - a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium | | 2. | TB - infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)Pott's disease - TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine miliary tuberculosis - acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream) lupus vulgaris - tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars | | 3. | Tb - a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bitsGbit, gigabit, Gb - a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits Pbit, petabit, Pb - a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits | | 4. | TB - a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytesgigabyte, GB, G - a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes petabyte, PB - a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes | | 5. | TB - a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes |
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