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Definition: BS |
BSNoun1. A bachelor's degree in science. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "BS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | BS |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a courses taken that generally lasts three years in the UK or four years in North America.In North America, a Bachelor of Science degree usually requires a student to take a majority of their courses (usually 1/2 or 3/4) in the sciences, namely life sciences, physical sciences, or the mathematical sciences. Most universities plan the Science Bachelor degree as a liberal arts course schedule. In the UK, which subjects are considered science subjects varies, e.g. economics degrees may be B.A in one university but B.Sc. in another.
A Bachelor of Science receives the designation B.S. or B.Sc. for a major/pass degree and BS (Hon.) or B.Sc. (Hons) for an honours degree.
See also:
- Bachelor's degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- British degree abbreviations
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bachelor of Science."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Basel-City (in German: Basel-Stadt) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen form its territory.
Flag of Canton of Basel-City
Location of the canton
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BS is an abbreviation with multiple meanings, including:
In addition, Bs is shorthand for the Venezuelan Bolivar currency
- Bachelor of Science degree
- British Standard
- A country code for the Bahamas
- The postcode for Bristol, England
- A somewhat more polite abbreviation of a curse word
- A game of the same name
- The Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt
- Shorthand for the "backspace" and the backspace control character
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "BS."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BS | Danish | Bahamas | Geography |
BS | Dutch | Bahama's | Geography |
BS | English | Bachelor of Science | N/A |
BS | Finnish | Bahama | Geography |
BS | French | Espacement arrière | Computing |
BS | German | Betriebssystem | Computing |
BS | Greek | Μπαχάμες | Geography |
BS | Italian | Commonwealth delle Bahamas | Geography |
BS | Portuguese | Baamas | Geography |
BS | Spanish | Commonwealth de las Bahamas | Geography |
BS | Swedish | Samväldet Bahamas | Geography |
| BS Eng | English | Bachelor of Sanitary Engineering | N/A |
| BSW | English | BS and W | Mining |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BSSynonyms: Bachelor of Science (n), SB (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: BS |
| Specialty definitions using "BS": corrosion resisting cast steel ♦ EuroNet ♦ manufacturing machine ♦ processing machine, productive machine. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas). |
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Screenplays | My Plan Bs work (Andromeda; writing credit: John Cranna) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Anja & BS på afveje (2001) | |
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| "BS 17" by Lucien Aréstegüi Commentary: "MONITOR." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Kool JL, Carpenter, JC, Fields BS. Effect of monochloramine disinfection of municipal drinking water on risk of nosocomial legionnaires’ disease. (references) | |
Business | Of these, 72 researchers have a Ph.D., 152 have an MS, and 66 have a BS degree. (references) | |
The UK quality management standard BS 5750, or its international equivalent ISO 9000, is widely required in the United Kingdom. (references) | ||
Lanzhou Chemical Corp. Imported technology from Japan and expanded a 10,000 t/a ABS resin unit. The Jilin Chemical Industry Corp. Imported JSR and BS units from Japan, and will become China's largest company in terms of production scale. (references) | ||
Economic History | Bolivia | Public Bid: Purchases above 600,000 Bs (about US$91,185). (references) |
Venezuela | Almost 35,000 small investors bought bonds, spending an average of Bs. 530,000 ($946) each. (references) | |
Venezuela | PDVSA plans to issue another Bs. 40 billion ($71.4 million) worth of petrobonds over the next two years. (references) | |
Political Economy | BOLIVIA | The 2001 minimum wage was established at Bs 400 per month (approximately $60), including bonuses and fringe benefits. (references) |
Trade | Bolivia | As of mid-2001 the exchange rate was around 6.58 Bs per US$1. (references) |
Bolivia | US$ 846) for manufacturers and importers and Bs. 1,000 (approx. (references) | |
Travel | Bolivia | Taxi fares from the El Alto Airport to La Paz generally run 60 Bs. Within the city, fares average between 6 and 12 Bs, depending on the length of the trip, with small additional charges for extra passengers and for travel after 10 p.m. Rental cars are also available but are expensive; some companies oblige you to hire a driver as well. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | There's more than enough of this BS to go around, yet supposedly conservative journalists are rolling over and accepting that we're the party of segregation. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "BS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.88% of the time. "BS" is used about 323 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 92.88% | 300 | 16,755 |
| Unclassified Items | 6.81% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Alphabetical Symbol | 0.31% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 323 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Argentina | CIA. INTRODUCTORA DE BS. AS. S.A. | United Kingdom | BS Group Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "BS": bs-balloon. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "BS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | bundfald (bad settlings, base, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, crust, deposit, masking, précipitation, precipitate, precipitation, sediment, sediments and water), brilliantssyregrøn BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, green S), brilliant green BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, green S), green S (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, Food Green S, green S), E142 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, green S), CI food green 4 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, green S). (various references) | |
Dutch | briljantzuurgroen BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, green S), briljantgroen BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, green S), wolgroen BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, green S), onzuiverheden op de bodem van een bezinktank (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), lissaminegroen (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, green S), groen S (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, green S), E142 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, green S), CI food green 4 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, green S). (various references) | |
Finnish | vihreä S (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), pohjasedimentit ja vesi (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), kaivonpohjasedimentit ja-vesi (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), E 142 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S). (various references) | |
French | vert S (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS), vert acide brillant BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS), sédiments et résidus (BS and W), sédiment de base et eau (BS and W), E142 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS), colorant alimentaire CI 4 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS). (various references) | |
German | Brillantsäuregrün BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), Bodensatz (deposit, dregs, grounds, lees, sediment), Bodenablagerung (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), Lisamingrün (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), Grün S (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), E142 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), CI food green 4 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S). (various references) | |
Greek | BS-G-BLKS-RES (BS-G-BLKS-RES, number of blocks on each common control channel reserved for access grant messages), πράσινο S (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), υπολείματα (odds and ends), Ε142 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), διεύθυνση BS (BS address). (various references) | |
Italian | verde S (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), verde brillante BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), sedimenti e residui di fondo (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), E142 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), CI verde per alimenti 4 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), acido brillante BS verde (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 通信衛星 (Broadcast Satellite, communication satellite). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | つうしんえいせい (Broadcast Satellite, communication satellite). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | bsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | verde S (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), verde brilhante BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), verde alimentar CI 4 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), verde acido brilhante BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), E142 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, E412, green S, guar flour, guar gum), água e sedimentos (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water). (various references) | |
Spanish | verde S (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), verde ácido brillante BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), sedimentos y residuos (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), E142 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), CI food green 4 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S). (various references) | |
Swedish | briljantgrön BS (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), bottensats (deposit, dregs, foots, Lees, sediment, settlings), sediment (sediment), grönt S (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), E 142 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S), CI food green 4 (acid brilliant green BS, brilliant green BS, CI food green 4, E142, green S). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "BS": abs, absorbs, adsorbs, adverbs, albs, aplombs, arbs, ardebs, backstabs, bafflegabs, baobabs, barbs, bathtubs, beachcombs, bedaubs, bedumbs, benumbs, bibbs, bibs, bicarbs, blabs, blebs, blobs, blubs, blurbs, bobs, bombs, boobs, breadcrumbs, brewpubs, bubs, bulbs, burbs, cabobs, cabs, carbs, carobs, catacombs, celebs, chemisorbs, cherubs, chimbs, choriambs, chubs, climbs, clubs, cobbs, cobs, cobwebs, cockscombs, combs. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BS": abscess, abscessed, abscesses, abscessing, abscise, abscised, abscises, abscisin, abscising, abscisins, abscissa, abscissae, abscissas, abscission, abscissions, abscond, absconded, absconder, absconders, absconding, absconds, abseil, abseiled, abseiling, abseils, absence, absences, absent, absented, absentee, absenteeism, absenteeisms, absentees, absenter, absenters, absenting, absently, absentminded, absentmindedly, absentmindedness, absentmindednesses, absents, absinth, absinthe, absinthes, absinths, absolute, absolutely, absoluteness, absolutenesses, absoluter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-s" | |
+1 letter: abs, bas, bis, bos, bus, bys, sab, sib, sob, sub. | |
+2 letters: abas, abos, abys, albs, arbs, baas, bads, bags, bals, bams, bans, baps, bars, base, bash, bask, bass, bast, bats, bays, beds, bees, begs, bels, bens, best, bets, beys, bias, bibs, bids, bigs, bins, bios, bise, bisk, bits, boas, bobs, bods, bogs, boos, bops, bosh, bosk, boss, bots, bows, boys, bras, bris, bros, bubs, buds, bugs, bums, buns, burs, bush, busk, buss, bust, busy, buts, buys, byes, cabs, cobs, cubs, dabs, debs, dibs, dubs, ebbs, fibs, fobs, fubs, gabs, gibs, gobs, hobs, hubs, ibis, isba, jabs, jibs, jobs, kabs, kobs, labs, libs, lobs, mibs, mobs, nabs, nebs, nibs, nobs, nubs, obes, obis, orbs, pubs, rebs, ribs, robs, rubs, sabe, sabs, scab, sibb, sibs, slab, slob, slub, snib, snob, snub, sobs, sorb, stab, stob, stub, suba, subs, swab, swob, sybo, tabs, tubs, urbs, wabs, webs, yobs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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