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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | PCB 1. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "PCB."
"PCB" is a common misspelling or typo for: pub. |
| 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 |
PCB | English | Petty Cash Box | N/A |
PCB | French | Polychlorobiphényles | Chemistry |
PCB | Spanish | Comité de Control del Proyecto | Public Administration |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
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![]() | A map of New Bedford Harbor showing sources of PCB contamination. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. | ![]() | A close-up view of one of the three PCB sources. West side of inner New Bedford Harbor. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
![]() | Workers dressed in full hazmat gear conduct research to determine the level of contaminants or PCB levels. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Turnbull PCB, Bohm R et al., 1993, Guidelines for the Surveillance and Control of Anthrax in Humans and Animals, Geneva. (references) | |
Business | All of the oil in National Grid transformers containing PCB levels greater than 50 mg/kg (PPM) has now been treated. (references) | |
Low-level PCB contamination still exists, and disposal facilities are maintained to deal with PCB waste as it arises. (references) | ||
Sales of PCB for use in non-electrical applications ended in 1972, and although PCB has been progressively restricted since the 1970s, PCBs that remain in currently installed equipment pose a continuing environmental threat. (references) | ||
Economic History | Thailand | Thailand aims to be a production hub in the region for components of semiconductors, hard-disk drives and fiber optics products . Production of software, electrical appliances and wireless local loops is also on the rise to support industrial sectors such as automotive, micro controller and other high technology industries . Production in the telecommunication industry in Thailand is expected to grow 30 percent over the next five years . Supporting industries, especially leasing of machinery to produce hard disk drives and assemble IC and PCB will also rise . All production and test equipment is imported, with the US share about 5-10 percent of total importation . Plant executives usually make procurement of equipment for midstream to downstream manufacturing such as assembly and surface mounting machines, while the head office decides procurement of upstream technology . (references) |
Tanzania | The National Anti-Corruption Strategy to root out systemic corruption, has been developed, released and distributed countrywide for implementation by the PCB. Laws, regulations and penalties to combat corruption do exist, although effective enforcement is not at the level that foreign investors would like it to be. Areas in which corruption persists include government procurement, privatization, taxation, ports, and customs clearance. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "PCB" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.29% of the time. "PCB" is used about 70 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 (singular) | 94.29% | 66 | 41,290 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.86% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.43% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 1.43% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 70 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Belgium | PCB SA distributes pharmaceutical products in Belgium and | USA | PCB Bancorp, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "PCB": used PCB. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "PCB": pcb-burning, pcb-contaminated, pcb-destroying. | |
| 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 "PCB"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | enkeltsidet printplade (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board), brugt PCB (used PCB). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | PCB-Besluit (PCB-Decree), gebruikt PCB (used PCB), enkelzijdige printkaart (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yksipuolinen piirilevy (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | PCB usagé (used PCB), circuit imprimé simple face (single-sided PCB), carte imprimée simple face (single-sided PCB). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | PCB-Abfall (used PCB), Einseitenplatte (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board), Einseitenleiterplatte (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τυπωμένο κύκλωμα μιας όψης (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | piastra a singola faccia ramata (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board), PCB usato (used PCB). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | プリント基盤 (printed wiring board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | プリントきば" (printed wiring board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | pcbay placa de face única (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board), PCB usado (used PCB). (various references) псб. (various references) policlorodifenilos (polychlorinated biphenyls), pcbi (polychlorinated biphenyls), tarjeta de circuito impreso. (various references) enkelsidigt mönsterkort (single-sided PCB, single-sided printed circuit board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-p" | |
+2 letters: becap, pubic. | |
+3 letters: backup, becaps, biceps, biopic, bipack, hubcap, mobcap, phobic, public. | |
+4 letters: backups, beclasp, biochip, biopics, biopsic, bioptic, bipacks, bluecap, capable, capably, copaiba, copyboy, ephebic, hubcaps, mobcaps, payback, pedicab, phobics, pibroch, placebo, plumbic, publics, upclimb. | |
+5 letters: abapical, backdrop, backpack, backslap, backspin, backstop, backwrap, beaucoup, becapped, becarpet, beclasps, bicepses, bicuspid, biochips, bioscope, bioscopy, biotypic, biphasic, blackcap, blacktop, bluecaps, capabler, capybara, chapbook, copaibas, copybook, copyboys, culpable, culpably, cupboard, epibolic, humpback, packable, paybacks, peccable, pedicabs, pibrochs, pinchbug, placable, placably, placebos, playback, plowback, publican, publicly, pullback, republic, saprobic, snapback, subepoch, suboptic, subpubic, subspace, subtopic, upclimbs. | |
| 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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