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Definitions: Sb |
SbNoun1. 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) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Sb |
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| 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 |
SB | Danish | Salomonøerne | Geography |
SB | Dutch | Stuurboord | N/A |
SB | English | Stefan-Boltzmann law | N/A |
SB | Finnish | Salomonsaaret | Geography |
SB | French | Station de base | Computing |
sb | German | Saisonbereinigt | Economics |
SB | Greek | ριπή συγχρονισμού | Computing |
SB | Italian | Isole Salomon | Geography, Law |
SB | Portuguese | Ilhas Salomão | Geography |
SB | Spanish | Islas Salomón | Geography |
SB | Swedish | Salomonöarna | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SbSynonyms: antimony (n), atomic number 51 (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sb |
| Specialty definitions using "Sb": Advanced WavEffect ♦ EMU8000 ♦ SB AWE32. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | SB zatvara krug (1974) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & 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. |
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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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 86.97% | 207 | 21,147 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.56% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (common) | 4.62% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.42% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.42% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 238 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| Language | Translations for "Sb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | ". (various references) | ||||
Korean | 안티몬. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | sbay | ||||
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). | |
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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 62 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S b |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0062 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5368 |
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