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Nb

Definitions: Nb

Nb

Noun

1. Soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium 2: a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something; "the margins of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs" NbE n : the compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north NbW n : the compass point that is one point west of due north NC n : a state in sou.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Nb

DomainDefinitions

Computing

NB C. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Nb

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.

EntrySourceExpressionField

NB

DutchSmalbandigElectrical Engineering

NB

EnglishNucleate boilingNuclear Energy & Physics

NB

Greekκανονική ριπήComputing

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Nb

Synonyms: atomic number 41 (n), catch a wink (n), catnap (n), national socialism (n), niobium (n), north by east (n), north by west (n), nota bene (n). (additional references)
Antonym: unmyelinated (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Nb

Specialty definitions using "Nb": N.B., niobium nitride. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Nb" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

German (nb).

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Modern Usage: Nb

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

NB - 11 'Crvena Zvijezda' (1979)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Nb

DomainTitle

Books

  • Etudes sur le livre des Nombres : récit, histoire et loi en Nb 13, 1-20, 13 (reference)

  • Rules for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant Components Subsection Nb -- Class 1 Components: 1992 Asme Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code III (Rx003B) (reference)

  • The Chaffey Dynasty of Indian Island, NB (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Nb

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Netherlands

The NB is of the opinion that, even if adjusted for the fiscal impact on inflation created by an increase in indirect taxes, core inflation remains at an alarming 3.9 percent. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Nb

"Nb" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 96.64% of the time. "Nb" is used about 119 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Unclassified Items96.64%11530,138
Noun (common)3.36%4175,879
                    Total100.00%119N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nb

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

nb

268

nb ridaz

217

nb 1lh

82

nb 2l

69

nb rider

69

moncton nb

66

saint john nb

58

election nb

58

nb tel

52

nb tourism

50
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Nb

Language Translations for "Nb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

nota bene, niobium, všimnìte si. (various references)

   

German

  

nota bene, nb. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

nbay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

nótese bien (n.b., nota bene). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Nb

Derivations

Words containing "Nb": beanbag, beanbags, beanball, beanballs, betweenbrain, betweenbrains, bonbon, bonbons, boysenberries, boysenberry, buttonball, buttonballs, buttonbush, buttonbushes, cannonball, cannonballed, cannonballing, cannonballs, chinbone, chinbones, cornball, cornballs, cornbread, cornbreads, cranberries, cranberry, dieffenbachia, dieffenbachias, downbeat, downbeats, downburst, downbursts, finback, finbacks, greenback, greenbacker, greenbackers, greenbackism, greenbackisms, greenbacks, greenbelt, greenbelts, greenbrier, greenbriers, greenbug, greenbugs, gunboat, gunboats, henbane, henbanes, henbit, henbits, hereinbefore, hereinbelow, hornbeam, hornbeams, hornbill, hornbills, hornblende, hornblendes, hornblendic, hornbook, hornbooks, hymnbook, hymnbooks, inbeing, inbeings, inboard, inboards, inborn, inbound, inbounded, inbounding, inbounds, inbreathe, inbreathed, inbreathes, inbreathing, inbred, inbreds, inbreed, inbreeding, inbreedings, inbreeds, inbuilt, inburst, inbursts, inby, inbye, ironbark, ironbarks, ironbound, johnboat, johnboats, kanban, kanbans, lingonberries, lingonberry, loganberries, loganberry, moonbeam, moonbeams, moonbow, moonbows, nonbacterial, nonbank, nonbanking, nonbanks, nonbarbiturate, nonbarbiturates, nonbasic, nonbearing, nonbehavioral, nonbeing, nonbeings, nonbelief, nonbeliefs, nonbeliever, nonbelievers, nonbelligerencies, nonbelligerency, nonbelligerent, nonbelligerents, nonbetting, nonbibliographic, nonbinary, nonbinding, nonbiodegradable, nonbiodegradables, nonbiographical, nonbiological, nonbiologically, nonbiologist, nonbiologists, nonbiting, nonblack, nonblacks, nonbodies, nonbody, nonbonded, nonbonding, nonbook, nonbooks, nonbotanist, nonbotanists, nonbrand, nonbreakable, nonbreathing, nonbreeder, nonbreeders, nonbreeding, nonbreedings, nonbroadcast, nonbroadcasts, nonbuilding, nonbuildings, nonburnable, nonbusiness, nonbuying, onboard, ovenbird, ovenbirds, oxyphenbutazone, oxyphenbutazones, panbroil, panbroiled, panbroiling, panbroils, pawnbroker, pawnbrokers, pawnbroking, pawnbrokings, pinball, pinballs, pinbone, pinbones, rainband, rainbands, rainbird, rainbirds, rainbow, rainbowlike, rainbows, renminbi, rowanberries, rowanberry, runback, runbacks, salmonberries, salmonberry, sanbenito, sanbenitos, shinbone, shinbones, signboard, signboards, spoonbill, spoonbills, spunbonded, steenbok, steenboks, steinbok, steinboks, sunback, sunbaked, sunbath, sunbathe, sunbathed, sunbather, sunbathers, sunbathes, sunbathing, sunbaths, sunbeam, sunbeams, sunbeamy, sunbelt, sunbelts, sunbird, sunbirds, sunblock, sunblocks, sunbonnet, sunbonnets, sunbow, sunbows, sunburn, sunburned, sunburning, sunburns, sunburnt, sunburst, sunbursts, tanbark, tanbarks, thornback, thornbacks, thornbush, thornbushes, trainband, trainbands, trainbearer, trainbearers, turnbuckle, turnbuckles, twinberries, twinberry, twinborn, unbacked, unbaked, unbalance, unbalanced, unbalances, unbalancing, unballasted, unban, unbandage, unbandaged, unbandages, unbandaging, unbanned, unbanning, unbans, unbaptized, unbar, unbarbed, unbarbered, unbarred, unbarricaded, unbarring, unbars, unbased, unbated, unbathed, unbe, unbear, unbearable, unbearably, unbeared, unbearing, unbears, unbeatable, unbeatably, unbeaten, unbeautiful, unbeautifully, unbecoming, unbecomingly, unbecomingness, unbecomingnesses, unbefitting, unbeholden, unbeknown, unbeknownst, unbelief, unbeliefs, unbelievable, unbelievably, unbeliever, unbelievers, unbelieving, unbelievingly, unbelligerent, unbeloved, unbelt, unbelted, unbelting, unbelts, unbemused, unbend, unbendable, unbended, unbending, unbends, unbenign, unbent, unbeseeming, unbiased, unbiasedness, unbiasednesses, unbiblical, unbid, unbidden, unbilled, unbind, unbinding, unbinds, unbitted, unbitten, unbitter, unblamed, unbleached, unblemished, unblenched, unblended, unblessed, unblest, unblinded, unblinking, unblinkingly, unblock, unblocked, unblocking, unblocks, unblooded, unbloodied, unbloody, unblushing, unblushingly, unbodied, unbolt, unbolted, unbolting, unbolts, unboned, unbonnet, unbonneted, unbonneting, unbonnets, unbookish, unborn, unbosom, unbosomed, unbosoming, unbosoms, unbought, unbouncy, unbound, unbounded, unboundedness, unboundednesses, unbowdlerized, unbowed, unbox, unboxed, unboxes, unboxing, unbrace, unbraced, unbraces, unbracing, unbracketed, unbraid, unbraided, unbraiding, unbraids, unbrake, unbraked, unbrakes, unbraking, unbranched, unbranded, unbreachable, unbreakable, unbreathable, unbred, unbreech, unbreeched, unbreeches, unbreeching, unbridgeable. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Nb

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "b-n"
 

+1 letter: ban, ben, bin, bun, nab, neb, nib, nob, nub.

 

+2 letters: band, bane, bang, bani, bank, bans, barn, bean, been, bend, bene, bens, bent, bind, bine, bins, bint, blin, bond, bone, bong, bonk, bony, boon, born, bran, bren, brin, bund, bung, bunk, bunn, buns, bunt, burn, ebon, inby, knob, nabe, nabs, nebs, nibs, nobs, nubs, numb, snib, snob, snub, unbe.

 

+3 letters: aboon, bacon, bairn, banal, banco, bands, bandy, baned, banes, bangs, banjo, banks, banns, banty, barns, barny, baron, basin, baton, beano, beans, began, begin, begun, being, bench, bends, bendy, benes, benne, benni, benny, bents, beton, bhang, binal, bindi, binds, bines, binge, bingo, binit, bints, biont, bison, blain, bland, blank, blawn, blend, blent, blind, blini, blink, blond, blown, blunt, bogan, boing, bonds, boned, boner, bones, boney, bongo, bongs, bonks, bonne, bonny, bonus, bonze, boons, borne, boron, boson, bosun, bound, bourn, brain, brand, brank, brans, brant, brawn, brens, brent, brine, bring, brink, brins, briny, bronc, brown, bruin, brunt, bunch, bunco, bunds, bundt, bungs, bunko, bunks, bunns, bunny, bunts, bunya, buran, burin, burns, burnt, bwana, cabin, ebons, ebony, goban, inbye, knobs, leben, nabes, nabis, nabob, nawab, nimbi, nobby, noble, nobly, nubby, nubia, numbs, robin, sabin, snibs, snobs, snubs, tabun, unban, unbar, unbid, unbox, urban, zineb.

 

+4 letters: ablins, abound, absent, abying, albino, ameban, anabas, auburn, baaing, baboon, bacons, badman, badmen, bagman, bagmen, bagnio, bairns, baking, baleen, baling, ballon, banana, bancos, banded, bander, bandit, bandog, banged, banger, bangle, banian, baning, banish, banjax, banjos, banked, banker, banned, banner, bannet, bantam, banter, banyan, banzai, baring, barman, barmen, barong, barons, barony, barren, baryon, basing, basins, basion, bating, batman, batmen, batons, batten, baying, bayman, baymen, beacon, beaned, beanie, beanos, beaten, beckon, bedamn, bedpan, beduin, begins, begone, behind, beings, beknot, belong, bemean, bemoan, bename, benday, bended, bendee, bender, bendys, benign, bennes, bennet, bennis, benumb, benzal, benzin, benzol, benzyl, berlin, besnow, betons, betony, beyond, bezant, bhangs, bicorn, bicron, bidden, biding, biffin, biggin, biking, bikini, billon, binary, binate, binder, bindis, bindle, binged, binger, binges, bingos, binits, binned, binocs, biogen, bionic, bionts, biotin, bisons, biting, bitten, bizone, blains, blanch, blanks, blazon, blench, blende, blends, blenny, blinds, blinis, blinks, blintz, blonde, blonds, bluing, blunge, blunts, bobbin, boding, bodkin, boffin, bogans, bohunk, bolson, bonaci, bonbon, bonded, bonder, bonduc, boners, bonged, bongos, bonier, boning, bonita, bonito, bonked, bonnes, bonnet, bonnie, bonsai, bonzer, bonzes, booing, borane, boreen, boring, borons, bosons, boston, bosuns, botany, bounce, bouncy, bounds, bounty, bourne, bourns, bouton, bovine, bowfin, bowing, bowman, bowmen, boxing, brains, brainy, branch, brands, brandy, branks, branny, brants, brawns, brawny, brazen, brents, brined, briner, brines, brings, brinks, briony, brogan, broken, bromin, bronco, broncs, bronze, bronzy, browns, browny, brucin, bruins, brunch, brunet, brunts, bryony, bumkin, bunchy, buncos, bundle, bundts, bunged, bungee, bungle, bunion, bunked, bunker, bunkos, bunkum, bunted, bunter, bunyas, burans, burden, burins, burned, burner, burnet, burnie, burton, busing, buskin, busman, busmen, butane, butene, button, buying, bwanas, bygone, byline, byname, byrnie, byzant, cabana, cabins, cabman, cabmen, carbon, cobnut, confab, corban, cubing, debone, debunk, dobbin, doblon, dobson, dubbin, ebbing, embank, enable, enrobe, entomb, enwomb, fibrin, gabion, gaboon, gibbon, gibing, gibson, globin, gobang, gobans, goblin, gobony, graben, gybing, henbit, hobnob, inborn, inbred, incubi, indaba, intomb, jibing, kanban, knobby, knubby, lebens, lubing, milneb, nabbed, nabber, nabobs, nawabs, nearby, nebula, nebule, nebuly, newbie, nibbed, nibble, nimble, nimbly, nimbus, niobic, nobble, nobler, nobles, nobody, nubbin, nubble, nubbly, nubias, nubile, numbat, numbed, number, numbly, oblong, obtain, obtund, orbing, rabbin, rebind, reborn, riband, ribbon, roband, robbin, robing, robins, rurban, sabine, sabins, snobby, snubby, subnet, suborn, sunbow, tabuns, tubing, turban, unable, unbans, unbars, unbear, unbelt, unbend, unbent, unbind, unbolt, unborn, unbred, unbusy, uncurb, unrobe, upbind, urbane, zinebs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Nb


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 62

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    -...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01100010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#98

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0062

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4868

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Abbreviations
11. Acronyms
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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