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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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Suppose, then, instead of taking so much trouble with the member Yb, we save time and labor, and leave it a 79 square block.

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

But the limits of the height of Yb may be thus generally stated.

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

I have said nothing yet of the proportion of the height of Yb to its width, nor of that of Yb and Xb to each other.

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

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