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Definition: Lb |
LbNoun1. 16 ounces; "he tried to lift 100 pounds". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lb" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Lb |
Public Administration | Symbol for pound. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Lebanese Republic or Lebanon is a country in the Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
- Alternate uses: see Lebanon (disambiguation)
'''الجمهوريّة البنانيّة
Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah'''
Coat of Arms (In Detail) (Full size) National motto: Official language Arabic Capital Beirut President Emile Lahud Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri Area
- Total
- % waterRanked 160th
10,400 km²
1.6%Population
- Total (2003 E)
- DensityRanked 123rd
3,727,703
358/km²Independence 22 November 1943 Currency Lebanese pound (LBP) Time zone UTC +2 (DST +3) National anthem Koullouna Lilouataan Lil
Oula Lil AlamInternet TLD .LB Calling Code 961
- History of Lebanon
- Geography of Lebanon
- Demographics of Lebanon
- Politics of Lebanon
- Economy of Lebanon
- Communications in Lebanon
- Transportation in Lebanon
- Military of Lebanon
- Foreign relations of Lebanon
- Culture of Lebanon (Music of Lebanon)
References
- CIA World Factbook 2000 [1] and the 2002 U.S. Department of State website. Partially wikified.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lebanon."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The pound is the name for at least three different unitss of mass: the pound (avoirdupois), the troy pound, and the obsolete imperial pound.
The term pound is also the used for the unit of currency in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Egypt, and, before January 1, 2002, Ireland: see pound (currency). This unit was originally derived from a pound weight of silver.
Origins
The Latin word libra describes a Roman unit of weight similar to a pound, and the abbreviation "lb" for the unit of weight and the sign £ (a crossed-out L) for the currency derived from this. The word "pound" itself comes from the Latin pendere, to weigh.
Measurement systems
In the Imperial system (often referred to as the pound-inch system, or the British system in the U.S.) there are two basic pounds defined, and also an obsolete definition of one variant of the pound:
Pound (avoirdupois) or international pound
The pound (avoirdupois) or international pound, abbreviation 'lb' or sometimes # in the U.S., is the mass unit defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms (or 453.59237 gramss). This definition has been in effect since 1959 in the United States. [1] It is part of the avoirdupois system of mass units.
In the United States, the pound has been officially defined as a unit of mass and defined in relation to the kilogram since 1893, but its value in relation to the kilogram was altered slightly in 1894, and again to its current value in 1959 (which only differs from the 1894 definition by approximately one part in 10 million.)
There are 16 ounces in a pound (avoirdupois). The pound is equal to exactly 7000 grains, where a grain is officially defined as exactly 0.06479891 gram. The legal definition of the pound in the United Kingdom and Canada are the same as in the United States, and were unified to their current value in 1960.
Imperial pound
In the United Kingdom, the pound was similarly defined as a unit of mass by the Weights and Measures Act of 1878, but having a very slightly different value (in relation to the kilogram) than it does now. The 1878 definition in the U.K. defined pound as a mass, but having a very slightly smaller value (equal to approximately 0.453592338 kg) than it does now. This old value is sometimes called the imperial pound, and this definition and terminology are obsolete unless referring to the slightly-different 1878 definition.
Troy pound
A pound (troy) is a unit of mass in the U.S, Canada, and UK. The troy pound is a unit of mass equalling exactly 0.3732417216 kilograms. There are 12 troy ounces in a troy pound. A troy pound is equal to exactly 5760 grains, making 1 troy pound equal to exactly 144/175 pounds. It is part of the troy system of mass units.
They troy pound is used for measurements of precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum. Any weight measurements of precious metals always uses troy pounds and ounces, even though you will find that it is not always explicitly stated that this is the case.
One troy pound = 12 troy ounces = 240 pennyweight.
A pennyweight was literally the weight of a penny, as adopted by King Henry II (1100-1135). This was a sterling silver penny weighing 1/240th of a troy pound.
In countries using the metric system
The pound or its translation is used in many countries that use the metric system as an unofficial term for a half kilogram (500 grams).
Which one is meant?
If neither "avoirdupois" nor "troy" is specified, the international pound (avoirdupois) is meant and is by law the only proper definition in the U.S., U.K., and Canada; the troy pound has been officially abandoned in the UK. The valuation of precious metals on U.S. exchanges is specified as dollars per troy ounce, although the fact that the troy ounce is implied is usually not stated clearly.
Pound-force
The pound, a unit of mass, should not be confused with the pound-force, a unit of force or weight.
External links
- History of the pound as a unit of mass: U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Official Definition, showing history
- Official abbreviations and definitions: U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 811
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pound."
| 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 |
LB | Danish | Libanon | Geography |
LB | Dutch | Republiek Libanon | Geography |
LB | English | Langmuir Blodgett | N/A |
LB | Finnish | Libanonin tasavalta | Geography |
LB | French | Loi fédérale du 8 novembre 1934 sur les banques et les caisses d'épargne;Loi sur les banques | Finance, Law |
LB | German | Libanesische Republik | Geography |
LB | Greek | Λίβανος | Geography |
LB | Italian | Libano | Geography |
lb | Latin | Libra | Meteorology & Standards |
LB | Spanish | Líbano | Geography |
LB | Swedish | Republiken Libanon | Geography |
| Lb.ap. | English | Apothecaries'pound | Meteorology & Standards |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: LbSynonym: pound (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Gravity | Weighing, ponderation, trutination; weights; avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight; grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Geheimzeichen LB 17 (1938) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | 500 lb. stone being lowered for Brown Valley Base 98th Meridian survey Jasper Bilby on right. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Laura Bonn born 2-12-46 (weight 7 lb., 1 oz.) picture taken 4-1-46 (weight 9 lb., 10 oz.) 2 months old / Philip Bonn. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Infant, 4 months old, 19 lb.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | P-38 fighter-bombers, each carrying two 500 lb. bombs, taxiing out for take-off on a dive bombing mission [...] Belgium / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by lst Lt. Mike Cohen.. |
 | Building 500 lb. bombs in Canada. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Capture of four 20 lb Parrotts at Deep Bottom by Gen Miles. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "LB 4" by A. Carlos Herrera Commentary: "Especially for you, vegans and fine cuisine lovers." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Schrag SJ, Zywicki S, Farley MM, Reingold AL, Harrision LH, Lefkowitz LB, Hadler JL, Danilla R, Cieslak PR, Schuchat A. Group B streptococcal disease in the era of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. (references) | |
Business | A 50 lb, or 25-kilo limit is generally accepted as the maximum parcel weight that a delivery worker will be expected to handle without assistance. (references) | |
Economic History | Brazil | The average price per lb. dropped from US$ 0.33/lb to US$ 0.25/lb. The reason is that high quality and local equivalent products made by multinational company subsidiaries are substituting high-priced imports. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Lb" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lb" is used about 725 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 (common) | 100% | 725 | 9,302 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lb": lb-level, lb-plus. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lb | 138 | course golf houston lb | 7 |
conversion kg lb | 46 | 20 lb propane tank | 6 |
kg to lb | 41 | lb press telegram | 6 |
convert kg lb | 29 | 50 crossbow lb | 6 |
lb west | 28 | houston lb | 6 |
associate b lb | 21 | 1639 lb | 6 |
lb brass | 17 | ford lb smith | 5 |
lb foster | 15 | lb evans slipper | 5 |
lb smith | 13 | lb international | 5 |
13 19 24 lb x | 13 | conversion lb oz | 5 |
converter kg lb | 12 | amphitheater day lb | 5 |
b lb | 12 | lb management property | 5 |
13 19 24 lb paper x | 10 | lb 01 | 5 |
90 cuties lb | 10 | 123 lb | 5 |
lb mt | 9 | lb oz | 5 |
5 lb propane tank | 8 | lb motor | 5 |
c lb | 8 | longbow 2 and lb anthology | 5 |
lb nord | 8 | in lb oz | 4 |
audemars lb | 8 | hus lb | 4 |
lb evans | 7 | lb white | 4 |
lb plastic | 4 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "lb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 磅 (LBS, Pound, Pounds). (various references) | |
Danish | lb. (various references) | |
Dutch | lb. (various references) | |
Finnish | naula (hobnail, nail, peg, pound, spike). (various references) | |
French | lb. (various references) | |
German | pfund (half a kilo, pound, quid, smacker). (various references) | |
Greek | lb. (various references) | |
Italian | lb. (various references) | |
Korean | 파운드 (LBS, Pound, Pounds). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | lbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lb. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | funta (pound). (various references) | |
Spanish | lb. (various references) | |
Swedish | lb. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | libra. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "lb": alb, bulb, flashbulb, lightbulb. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lb": alba, albacore, albacores, albas, albata, albatas, albatross, albatrosses, albedo, albedoes, albedos, albeit, albicore, albicores, albinal, albinic, albinism, albinisms, albinistic, albino, albinos, albinotic, albite, albites, albitic, albizia, albizias, albizzia, albizzias, albs, album, albumen, albumens, albumin, albuminous, albumins, albuminuria, albuminurias, albuminuric, albumose, albumoses, albums, alburnum, alburnums, antibillboard, astilbe, astilbes, balboa, balboas, balbriggan, balbriggans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-l" | |
+1 letter: alb, bal, bel, lab, lib, lob. | |
+2 letters: able, ably, alba, albs, baal, bail, bald, bale, balk, ball, balm, bals, bawl, bell, bels, belt, bile, bilk, bill, birl, blab, blae, blah, blam, blat, blaw, bleb, bled, blet, blew, blin, blip, blob, bloc, blot, blow, blub, blue, blur, boil, bola, bold, bole, boll, bolo, bolt, bowl, buhl, bulb, bulk, bull, burl, byrl, club, flab, flub, glib, glob, labs, lamb, libs, limb, lobe, lobo, lobs, lube, obol, pleb, slab, slob, slub. | |
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