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B b

The second letter of the English alphabet, preceded by A and followed by C, and representing /b/. (See appendix:English alphabet)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiced bilabial stop.

Other Forms

With stroke: ƀ
With hook: ɓ
With topbar: ƃ
Tone Six: ƅ
With dot above: ḃ
With dot below: ḅ
With line below: ḇ

Noun

The second letter of the English alphabet.
A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type A antigen in their blood. They can receive blood from type B or type O, but cannot receive blood from AB or A.

pl:b

WordNet Definitions

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1. B, type B, group B -- (the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen).
2. Bacillus, Bacilli, B -- (aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil).
3. B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin, B -- (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins).
4. boron, B, atomic number 5 -- (a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder).
5. bel, B -- (a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels).
6. barn, b -- ((physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter).
7. B -- (the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet).

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