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  • Tb
    Tb
    tubercle bacillus.
  • TB
    TB
    tubercle bacillus.
  • t.b.
    t.b.
    abbreviation
    trial balance.
  • tb
    tb
    abbreviation
    trial balance

Tb

1 American  
  1. tubercle bacillus.

  2. tuberculosis.


Tb 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. terbium.


TB 3 American  
Or T.B.
  1. tubercle bacillus.

  2. tuberculosis.


TB 4 American  
Symbol, Computers.
  1. terabyte.


t.b. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. trial balance.

  2. tubercle bacillus.

  3. tuberculosis.


tb 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. trial balance

  2. Also: TB.  tuberculosis

"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

Tb 2 British  

symbol

  1. terbium

"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

TB 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. torpedo boat

  2. Also: tb.  tuberculosis

"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

TB Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of terabyte

  2. Abbreviation of tuberculosis


Example Sentences

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While Fletcher and his students are foraying into other applications of the mobile microscope, such as examining your skin or testing for malaria and Tb, MIT’s Ramesh Raskar has become known as the ‘Eye Guy.’

From Forbes • Jul. 1, 2014

In that instance, its Tb rose to 40.0°C during the first 30 minutes and was maintained at that level for three hours with no apparent distress.

From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Mahlke-Johnson, Kathleen P.

During night, Tb would oscillate between 38°C and about 39°C, such that two peak values occurred.

From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Mahlke-Johnson, Kathleen P.

For our raccoons, confinement in the metabolism chamber at low temperatures must have stimulated a greater than necessary increase in metabolic rate such that heat production exceeded heat loss, which caused Tb to become elevated.

From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Mahlke-Johnson, Kathleen P.

Thus, during winter, prolonged exposure to Ta = 35°C stimulated more of an increase in Tb than it did in summer.

From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Mahlke-Johnson, Kathleen P.

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