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English noun: B | |||
| 1. | B (animal) aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil | ||
| Synonyms | bacillus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anthrax bacillus, Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus globigii, Bacillus subtilis, grass bacillus, hay bacillus, Yersinia pestis | ||
| Member meronym | genus Bacillus | ||
| 2. | B (substance) originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins | ||
| Synonyms | B complex, B vitamin, B-complex vitamin, vitamin B, vitamin B complex | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | water-soluble vitamin | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adermin, aneurin, antiberiberi factor, antipernicious anemia factor, biotin, choline, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, folacin, folate, folic acid, hepatoflavin, inositol, lactoflavin, niacin, nicotinic acid, ovoflavin, pantothen, pantothenic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, riboflavin, thiamin, thiamine, vitamin B1, vitamin B12, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin Bc, vitamin G, vitamin H, vitamin M | ||
| 3. | B (substance) a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder | ||
| Synonyms | atomic number 5, boron | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chemical element, element | ||
| Substance meronym | borax, kernite | ||
| 4. | B (quantity) a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels | ||
| Synonyms | Bel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sound unit | ||
| 5. | b (quantity) (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter | ||
| Synonyms | barn | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | area unit, square measure | ||
| Domain category | atomic physics, nuclear physics, nucleonics | ||
| 6. | B (communication) the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet | ||
| Member meronym | Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet | ||
| 7. | B (body) the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen | ||
| Synonyms | group B, type B | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blood group, blood type | ||
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