| B 1 1. The symbol for the element 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 (b ) or B (b)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 |
b, B [biː]
n pl b's, B's, Bs
1. the second letter and first consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. (Linguistics / 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
(Group Games / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) Chem boron
7. (Physics / General Physics) magnetic flux density
8. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess bishop
10. (Physics / General Physics) Also b Physics bel
11. (Physics / Nuclear Physics) Physics baryon number
12. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) balboa
13. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) belga
14. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) bolivar
15. (Miscellaneous Technologies / 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
17.
international car registration for Belgium
| B 1. The symbol for boron. 2. The symbol for magnetic field. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 powder chemical 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 decibels sound 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 alphabet Latin 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 |
Translations
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
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