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B¹

1. The symbol for boron.

2. The symbol for magnetic flux density.

B²

abbr.

1. baryon number

2. Baseball base

3. Music bass

4. billion

5. bishop (chess)

b¹

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.

b²

abbr.

1. Physics barn

2. or B bel

3. bottom quark

4. breadth

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b

(biː) or

B

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

9. (on Brit pencils, signifying degree of softness of lead) black: B; 2B; 3B. Compare H⁵

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.

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.

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 soil bacillus anthrax 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 vitamins B complex, B vitamin, B-complex vitamin, vitamin B, vitamin B complex choline - 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 biotin, vitamin H - a B vitamin that aids in body growth
	3.	B - a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder atomic number 5, boron 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 Bel 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 barn 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 antigen group B, type B blood group, blood type - human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens

Translations

B

b [biː]

A. N

1. (= letter) → B f, b f
B for Bertie → B de Burgos
number 7b (in house numbers) → número 7b

2. (Mus) B → si m
B major/minor → si mayor/menor
B sharp/flat → si sostenido/bemol

3. (Scol) → notable m

B. CPD B road N (Brit) → carretera f comarcal or secundaria

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B

b [ˈbiː] n

(= letter) → B, b m
B for Benjamin, B for Baker (US) → B comme Berthe

(= mark) → bien, B
I got a B- → j'ai eu 14
I got a B+ → j'ai eu 16

(= musical note) B → si m B-road

B

, b

n → 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.

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B

b [biː] n

a. (letter) → B, b f or m inv

b. (Mus) → si m

c. (Scol) (mark) → 8 (buono)
B for Benjamin (Am) B for Baker → B come Bologna

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