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    mb
    millibar; millibars.
  • Mb
    Mb
    megabit; megabits.
  • MB
    MB
    abbreviation
    Manitoba, Canada (approved for postal use).
  • M.B.
    M.B.
    abbreviation
    Bachelor of Medicine.

mb

1 American  
Physics.
  1. millibar; millibars.

  2. millibarn; millibarns.


Mb 2 American  
Computers.
  1. megabit; megabits.


MB 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Manitoba, Canada (approved for postal use).

  2. Computers. megabyte; megabytes.


M.B. 4 American  

abbreviation

Chiefly British.
  1. Bachelor of Medicine.


MB 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Bachelor of Medicine

  2. maternity benefit

  3. (esp in postal addresses) Manitoba

  4. (in Canada) Medal of Bravery

  5. computing megabyte

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Mb 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. megabit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mb 3 British  

symbol

  1. millibar

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Mb 1 Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of megabit


MB 2 Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of megabyte


mb 3 Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of millibar


Etymology

Origin of M.B.

From New Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus

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“Enjoy the current pump figures,” said MB Ghalibaf, speaker of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s parliament, in a post on X on Sunday.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

Shortly after Lehman folded, AIG found itself obligated to pay, all at once, the parties to whom it had sold CDS on MB.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

The nine-figure agreement will provide the Sultanate of Oman with sovereign control over its digital infrastructure and help MB support the country’s development goals, executives said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

The scale of devastation may be most comparable to Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2005, Sergio Vale, chief economist at MB Associates, wrote in a note Friday.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

Because these names were long, and because they used uncommon letters and combinations like F and MB, they stood out.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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