Cb
columbium.
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CB
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Citizens' Band
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Companion of the (Order of the) Bath (an English title)
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County Borough
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(in Canada) Cape Breton Island
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Etymology
Origin of C.B.
From Latin Chīrurgiae Baccalaureus
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The F1 birds produced by crossing were in constitution CcBb, and being heterozygous for two factors produced in equal numbers the four sorts of gametes CB, Cb, cB, cb.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
Thus C stands for carbon, Cl for chlorine, Cd for cadmium, Ce for cerium, Cb for columbium.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
The first, Oc, is contained within the circuit Bo Oc Cb and, since no "nondepositors" intervene, represents money changing hands once between its withdrawal from bank and its redeposit there.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
A third type of circuit, also fourfold, is represented by the arrows Bc Cn Nc Cb.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
G.235.We must now except the seventh century corrector of Cod. א called by Tischendorf Ca, who actually changes the original reading εκδ. into ενδ., to be himself set right by a later hand Cb.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
Michelle Dyson CB, of the Alzheimer's Society, says a diagnosis can really help families access support and plan for the future.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Voters were also favoring Measure CB by a wide margin in preliminary returns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
CB Financial Services discovered an AI agent was unlocking nonpublic customer data, including names and Social Security numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Sporting greats of a bygone time such as Denis Compton, CB Fry and Tip Foster are among the 12 men to do it.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
He had abandoned it and was trying to reach a group of people who he had overheard on his truck’s CB radio.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Murphy was ejected after yelling toward first base umpire C.B.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2023
In the sixth, catcher Tom Murphy was ejected by home-plate umpire Brian Walsh after Murphy shook his head in disagreement with a check-swing strike called by first-base umpire C.B.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2023
Elena Maza-Borland highlights the rough-veined rind of a heirloom variety of French pumpkin, and C.B.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
I see the showman in myself that was C.B.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
A skeleton key etched with the initials C.B.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Nnamdi Asomugha, cb, Eagles: Yet more proof there are no sure things in sports, at least through half a season.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2011
The F1 birds produced by crossing were in constitution CcBb, and being heterozygous for two factors produced in equal numbers the four sorts of gametes CB, Cb, cB, cb.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
The small italics throughout signify the following homologous parts: m, medulla; cb, cerebellum; op, optic lobes; cr, cerebrum and thalamus; ol, olfactory lobes.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by George John Romanes
The substitution of 00 for cb, so as to write bdeooa, kept the d in its place, and therefore still indicating 40,000.
From Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850 by Various
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