Definitions for b
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
B, bbi(n.)(pl.)Bs; B's, bs; b's.
the second letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
Category: Language/Linguistics
any spoken sound represented by this letter.
Category: Language/Linguistics
something shaped like aB.
a written or printed representation of the letter B or
b.
B
Chess. bishop.
Category: Checkers and Chess
B*
the second in order or in a series.
(sometimes l.c.) a grade or mark indicating that academic work, a product, etc., is good but not of the highest quality.
Category: Education, Common Vocabulary
a major blood group.
Category: Physiology
Ref: See ABO system.
the seventh tone of the ascending C major scale. a tonality having B as the tonic.
Category: Music and Dance
boron.
Category: Chemistry
magnetic induction.
Category: Physics
a designation for a motion picture made on a low budget.
* Symbol..
B.
bachelor.
bacillus.
Category: Microbiology
Baseball. base; baseman.
Category: Sport
bay.
Bible.
bolivar.
Category: Numismatics
book.
born.
breadth.
British.
brother.
brotherhood.
b.
bachelor.
bale.
bass.
Category: Music and Dance
basso.
Category: Music and Dance
bay.
billion.
blend of; blended.
book.
born.
breadth.
brother.
B-
(in designations of aircraft) bomber:
B-29.
Category: Military
Princeton's WordNet
bacillus, B(noun)
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin, B(noun)
originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
boron, B, atomic number 5(noun)
a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder
Bel, B(noun)
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
barn, b(noun)
(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
B, b(noun)
the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet
B, type B, group B(noun)
the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
B(noun)ˈi
the second highest grade a student can receive
I got a B on the test.
B(noun)ˈi
a bed and breakfast
We stayed at a nice little B; &; B.
Wiktionary
b(Symbol)
latitude in the galactic coordinate system
b(Symbol)
barn
b
bit
b
bye
B(Noun)
An academic grade awarded by some institutions. Slightly better than a B and slightly worse than an A-.
B(Noun)
A position in ballet where the dancer's working leg is pointed behind them in a bent fourth position; an unstretched tendu en arriu00E8re
Webster Dictionary
B(u)
is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
B
(a) Abbreviation for Baumé, a hydrometer scale. (See Baumé.) Thus 10º B. means "ten degrees Baumé." (b) Symbol for the coefficient of induced magnetization, or the number of lines per square centimeter induced in a magnetic circuit or in any specified part of it.
Translations for b
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
beech(noun)
(also beech tree ) a kind of forest tree with smooth silvery bark and small nuts
That tree is a beech; (also adjective) a beech forest.
- beukeboomAfrikaans
- شَجَرَةُ الزّانArabic
- букBulgarian
- faiaPortuguese (BR)
- buk(ový)Czech
- die BucheGerman
- bøgDanish
- οξιάGreek
- hayaSpanish
- pöökEstonian
- درخت راشFarsi
- pyökkiFinnish
- hêtreFrench
- אֲשוּרHebrew
- बीच वृक्षHindi
- bukvaCroatian
- bükk(fa)Hungarian
- bIndonesian
- beykitréIcelandic
- faggioItalian
- ぶなの木Japanese
- 너도밤나무Korean
- bukasLithuanian
- dižskābardis; dižskābarža-Latvian
- pokok bicMalay
- beuk; beuken-Dutch
- bøk(etre)Norwegian
- bukPolish
- درخت راشPersian
- faiaPortuguese
- fagRomanian
- букRussian
- buk; bukovýSlovak
- bukev; bukovSlovenian
- bukvaSerbian
- bok[träd]Swedish
- ต้นบีช ต้นไม้ชนิดหนึ่งในเขตหนาวThai
- kayın (ağacı)Turkish
- 山毛櫸樹Chinese (Trad.)
- букUkrainian
- دریا کے کنارے اگنے والا ایک درختUrdu
- cây sồiVietnamese
- 山毛榉树Chinese (Simp.)
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