Pb

¹ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. lead.

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PB ² American  

1. power brakes.

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PB ³ American  

Symbol, Computers.

1. petabyte.

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p.b. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Baseball. passed ball; passed balls.

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P.B. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. British Pharmacopoeia.

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P.B. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. Prayer Book.

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PB ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Pharmacopoeia Britannica

2. Prayer Book

3. athletics personal best

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Pb ² British  

symbol

1. lead

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Etymology

Origin of Pb¹

From the Latin word plumbum

Origin of P.B.⁵

From Latin Pharmacopoeia Britannica

Example Sentences

Metals that crystallize in an HCP structure include Cd, Co, Li, Mg, Na, and Zn, and metals that crystallize in a CCP structure include Ag, Al, Ca, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Pt.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Which of the following atoms would be expected to form negative ions in binary ionic compounds and which would be expected to form positive ions: P, I, Mg, Cl, In, Cs, O, Pb, Co?

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

In practice, a voltmeter would report a potential of −0.47 V with its red and black inputs connected to the Pb and Cu electrodes, respectively.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Mg, In, Cs, Pb, and Co would form cations because they are metals.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Solder may have two parts of Sn to one of Pb, two of Pb to one of Sn, or equal parts of each, or the two elements may alloy in other proportions.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips