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Yb

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. ytterbium.


YB 2 American  
Symbol.
  1. yottabyte.


Y.B. 3 American  
Or YB

abbreviation

  1. yearbook.


Yb British  

symbol

  1. ytterbium

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We will take X and Y there, and we must necessarily gather them together as we did Xb and Yb in Chap.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John

XI.; but I shall only draw the shaft and its two essential members of base, Xb and Yb, as explained at p.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John

We will have the spur, or small buttress, sloping straight from the corner of Yb up to the top of Xb, and as seen from above, of the shape of a triangle.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John

I have also supposed Yb, when expanded from beneath Xb, as always expanded into a square, and four spurs only to be added at the angles.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John

Suppose we were to put a spur or prop to Xb at each corner, so as to hold it fast in the centre of Yb.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John