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Sb

Definitions: Sb

Sb

Noun

1. A metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite.

2. A bachelor's degree in science.

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

Date "Sb" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Sb

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Sb The country code for the Solomon Islands. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

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

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Specialty Definition: SB

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

SB or sb may be:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "SB."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Sb

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

SB

DanishSalomonøerneGeography

SB

DutchStuurboordN/A

SB

EnglishStefan-Boltzmann lawN/A

SB

FinnishSalomonsaaretGeography

SB

FrenchStation de baseComputing

sb

GermanSaisonbereinigtEconomics

SB

Greekριπή συγχρονισμούComputing

SB

ItalianIsole SalomonGeography, Law

SB

PortugueseIlhas SalomãoGeography

SB

SpanishIslas SalomónGeography

SB

SwedishSalomonöarnaGeography

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

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Synonyms: Sb

Synonyms: antimony (n), atomic number 51 (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Sb

Specialty definitions using "Sb": Advanced WavEffectEMU8000SB AWE32. (references)

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Modern Usage: Sb

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

SB zatvara krug (1974)

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

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Commercial Usage: Sb

DomainTitle

Books

  • 2000 USSB Research Note: Sizing the Tax Cut for SB IT [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Longman English Express 2 SB & Self Study CD (reference)

  • Ready to Order SB - Begin-Low-Interm (reference)

  • Safety Compliance and Management Program (California SB 198) (reference)

  • The Secret Language of the Sb (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

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

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Image Slideshow: Sb

Illustrations:
Sb

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Photo Album: Sb

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Underway on her delivery voyage from the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, at Kearny, New Jersey, to the New York Navy Yard, 26 May 1942. She was commissioned on the following day. Note the Federal SB & DD Co. flag flying just below her starboard yardarm.Credit: NAVY.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sb

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

With proper care, most children with SB live well into adulthood. (references)

There is no cure for SB because the nerve tissue cannot be replaced or repaired. (references)

The prognosis for individuals with SB depends on the number and severity of abnormalities. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: Sb

"Sb" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.97% of the time. "Sb" is used about 238 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
Noun (proper)86.97%20721,147
Noun (singular)7.56%1882,615
Noun (common)4.62%11106,044
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.42%1339,140
Lexical Verb (base form)0.42%1339,140
                    Total100.00%238N/A

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

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Expression: Sb

Expression using "Sb": SB AWE32. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Sb": SB-Prolog, sb-series.

Ending with "Sb": Au-as-sb.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sb

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

sb

180

sb live

85

sb 80dx

46

driver live sb

43

catacomb sb

39

1386 sb

35

dunk nike sb

27

sb 50dx

24

sb kids.com

22

creative driver live sb

21

sb 200

17

sb trading.co.jp

15

dunk low nike pro sb

14

sb creative

13

26 nikon sb

12

sb 28

11

sb 30

11

news sb

10

sb audigy

10

sb live value

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Sb

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

Chinese 

  

". (various references)

   

Korean 

  

안티몬. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

sbay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Sb

Derivations

Words containing "Sb": amphisbaena, amphisbaenae, amphisbaenas, amphisbaenic, asbestic, asbestos, asbestoses, asbestosis, asbestus, asbestuses, blesbok, blesboks, blesbuck, blesbucks, brassbound, busbar, busbars, busbies, busboy, busboys, busby, canvasback, canvasbacks, casbah, casbahs, chessboard, chessboards, cicisbei, cicisbeism, cicisbeisms, cicisbeo, cicisbeos, cranesbill, cranesbills, crossbanded, crossbanding, crossbandings, crossbar, crossbarred, crossbarring, crossbars, crossbeam, crossbeams, crossbearer, crossbearers, crossbill, crossbills, crossbones, crossbow, crossbowman, crossbowmen, crossbows, crossbred, crossbreds, crossbreed, crossbreeding, crossbreeds, disband, disbanded, disbanding, disbandment, disbandments, disbands, disbar, disbarment, disbarments, disbarred, disbarring, disbars, disbelief, disbeliefs, disbelieve, disbelieved, disbeliever, disbelievers, disbelieves, disbelieving, disbenefit, disbenefits, disbosom, disbosomed, disbosoming, disbosoms, disbound, disbowel, disboweled, disboweling, disbowelled, disbowelling, disbowels, disbud, disbudded, disbudding, disbuds, disburden, disburdened, disburdening, disburdenment, disburdenments, disburdens, disburse, disbursed, disbursement, disbursements, disburser, disbursers, disburses, disbursing, dogsbodies, dogsbody, frisbee, frisbees, fussbudget, fussbudgets, fussbudgety, gasbag, gasbags, gemsbok, gemsboks, gemsbuck, gemsbucks, glassblower, glassblowers, glassblowing, glassblowings, grosbeak, grosbeaks, hairsbreadth, hairsbreadths, handsbreadth, handsbreadths, hawksbill, hawksbills, househusband, househusbands, husband, husbanded, husbander, husbanders, husbanding, husbandly, husbandman, husbandmen, husbandries, husbandry, husbands, isba, isbas, kasbah, kasbahs, lesbian, lesbianism, lesbianisms, lesbians, misbalance, misbalanced, misbalances, misbalancing, misbecame, misbecome, misbecomes, misbecoming, misbegan, misbegin, misbeginning, misbegins, misbegot, misbegotten, misbegun, misbehave, misbehaved, misbehaver, misbehavers, misbehaves, misbehaving, misbehavior, misbehaviors, misbelief, misbeliefs, misbelieve, misbelieved, misbeliever, misbelievers, misbelieves, misbelieving, misbias, misbiased, misbiases, misbiasing, misbiassed, misbiasses, misbiassing, misbill, misbilled, misbilling, misbills, misbind, misbinding, misbinds, misbound, misbrand, misbranded, misbranding, misbrands, misbuild, misbuilding, misbuilds, misbuilt, misbutton, misbuttoned, misbuttoning, misbuttons, mossback, mossbacked, mossbacks, newsboy, newsboys, newsbreak, newsbreaks, passband, passbands, passbook, passbooks, passersby, presbyope, presbyopes, presbyopia, presbyopias, presbyopic, presbyopics, presbyter, presbyterate, presbyterates, presbyterial, presbyterially, presbyterials, presbyterian, presbyteries, presbyters, presbytery, pressboard, pressboards, rasbora, rasboras, ratsbane, ratsbanes, rudesbies, rudesby, schussboomer, schussboomers, smorgasbord, smorgasbords, storksbill, storksbills, wolfsbane, wolfsbanes. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Sb

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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.

 

+3 letters: abase, abash, abbas, abbes, abets, ables, abris, abuse, abuts, abyes, abysm, abyss, albas, ambos, baals, babas, babes, babus, backs, baffs, bahts, bails, baits, bakes, balas, balds, bales, balks, balls, balms, balsa, bands, banes, bangs, banks, banns, barbs, bards, bares, barfs, barks, barms, barns, basal, based, baser, bases, basic, basil, basin, basis, basks, bassi, basso, bassy, baste, basts, bates, baths, batts, bauds, bawds, bawls, beads, beaks, beams, beans, bears, beast, beats, beaus, becks, beefs, beeps, beers, beets, bells, belts, bemas, bends, benes, bents, bergs, berms, beset, besom, besot, bests, betas, beths, bhuts, bibbs, bices, bides, biers, biffs, bikes, biles, bilks, bills, bimas, binds, bines, bints, birds, birks, birls, birrs, birse, bises, bisks, bison, bites, bitsy, bitts, bizes, blabs, blahs, blams, blase, blast, blats, blaws, blebs, bless, blest, blets, blips, bliss, blobs, blocs, blots, blows, blubs, blues, blurs, blush, boars, boast, boats, bocks, bodes, boffs, bogus, boils, bolas, bolds, boles, bolls, bolos, bolts, bolus, bombs, bonds, bones, bongs, bonks, bonus, boobs, books, booms, boons, boors, boost, boots, boras, bores, borts, bosks, bosky, bosom, boson, bossy, bosun, botas, botts, bouse, bousy, bouts, bowls, bowse, boxes, boyos, bozos, brads, braes, brags, brans, brash, brass, brats, braws, brays, brees, brens, brews, bries, brigs, brims, brins, brios, brisk, brits, broos, brose, brosy, brows, brush, brusk, bucks, buffs, buhls, buhrs, bulbs, bulks, bulls, bumfs, bumps, bunds, bungs, bunks, bunns, bunts, buoys, buras, burbs, burds, burgs, burls, burns, burps, burrs, bursa, burse, burst, busby, bused, buses, bushy, busks, busts, busty, butes, butts, byres, byrls, byssi, bytes, carbs, chubs, clubs, cobbs, combs, crabs, cribs, cubes, curbs, darbs, daubs, debts, drabs, dribs, drubs, dumbs, ebons, flabs, flubs, forbs, fubsy, gambs, garbs, gibes, globs, gobos, grabs, grubs, gybes, habus, hebes, herbs, hobos, iambs, isbas, jambs, jibbs, jibes, jubas, jubes, kbars, kerbs, kibes, knobs, kobos, lambs, limbs, lobes, lobos, lubes, mabes, nabes, nabis, numbs, obese, obeys, obias, obits, oboes, obols, plebs, pubes, pubis, rebus, ribes, robes, rubes, rubus, sabed, saber, sabes, sabin, sabir, sable, sabot, sabra, sabre, sahib, samba, sambo, scabs, scrub, scuba, sebum, shrub, sibbs, sibyl, slabs, slobs, slubs, slurb, snibs, snobs, snubs, sober, sorbs, squab, squib, stabs, stobs, stubs, subah, subas, suber, swabs, swobs, tabes, tabus, tombs, tsuba, tubas, tubes, umbos, verbs, vibes, wombs, zebus.

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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Alternative Orthography: Sb


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

53 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)

01010011 01100010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#98

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0062

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

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

5368

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INDEX

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


  

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