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  B
       
          1. byte.
       
          2.  A systems language written by Ken Thompson in
          1970 mostly for his own use under Unix on the PDP-11.  B
          was later improved by Kerninghan(?) and Ritchie to produce
          C.  B was used as the systems language on Honeywell's
          GCOS-3.
       
          B was, according to Ken, greatly influenced by BCPL, but the
          name B had nothing to do with BCPL.  B was in fact a revision
          of an earlier language, bon, named after Ken Thompson's
          wife, Bonnie.
       
          ["The Programming Language B", S.C. Johnson & B.W. Kernighan,
          CS TR 8, Bell Labs (Jan 1973)].
       
          [Features?  Differences from C?]
       
          (1997-02-02)
       
          3.  A simple interactive programming language by
          Lambert Meertens and Steven Pemberton.  B was the predecessor
          of ABC.
       
          ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/languages/B.tar.Z)" rel="nofollow">(ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/languages/B.tar.Z).
       
          ["Draft Proposal for the B Language", Lambert Meertens, CWI,
          Amsterdam, 1981].
       
          4.  A specification language by
          Jean-Raymond Abrial of B Core UK, Magdalen Centre, Oxford
          Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA.  B is related to Z and
          supports development of C code from specifications.  B has
          been used in major safety-critical system specifications in
          Europe, and is currently attracting increasing interest in
          industry.  It has robust, commercially available tool support
          for specification, design, proof and code generation.
       
          E-mail: .
       
          (1995-04-24)
       
       

  b
       
          bit or maybe byte (B).
       
          (1996-11-03)
       
       

  Gastropoda \Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach
     + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.)
     One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes
     most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and
     fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,
     muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The
     head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See
     Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.]
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     Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:
           ({a) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the
           Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and
           Heteropoda. ({b) The Euthyneura, including the
           Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c) The Amphineura,
           including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
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  Infinitive \In*fin"i*tive\, n. [L. infinitivus: cf. F.
     infinitif. See Infinite.]
     Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
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     Infinitive mood (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely
        names the action, and performs the office of a verbal
        noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ({a)
        The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is
        commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. ({b) The
        form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in
        -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.
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     Note: With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could,
           would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed
           without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The
           infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare,
           do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go;
           you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.
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     Note: In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded
           by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it
           had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial
           infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly
           employed in expressing purpose. See Gerund, 2.
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     Note: The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same
           form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was
           confounded with the present participle in -ende, or
           -inde (later -inge).
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  Labial \La"bi*al\, n.
     1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an
        articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the
        lips, as b, p, w.
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     2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue
        pipe.
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     3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a
        fish or reptile.
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  Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[e^]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus, fr.
     legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute, fr.
     lex, legis, law: cf. F. l['e]gat, It. legato. See Legal.]
     1. An ambassador or envoy.
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     2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with
        the authority of the Holy See.
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     Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a) Legates a latere, now
           always cardinals. They are called ordinary or
           extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,
           and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on
           extraordinary occasions. ({b) Legati missi, who
           correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.
           ({c) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their
           office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.
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     3. (Rom. Hist.)
        (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the
            governor of a province.
        (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
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  Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[-i]*br[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. libratio:
     cf. F. libration.]
     1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that
        of a balance before coming to rest.
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     Libration of the moon, any one of those small periodical
        changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively
        to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at
        opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It
        receives different names according to the manner in which
        it takes place; as: (a) Libration in longitude, that
        which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic
        orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western
        borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.
        ({b) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the
        varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the
        spectator, causing the alternate appearance and
        disappearance of either pole. ({c) Diurnal or parallactic
        libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,
        at rising and setting, some parts not in the average
        visible hemisphere.
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  Respiration \Res`pi*ra"tion\ (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), n. [L.
     respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See Respire.]
     1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's
        breath.
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     2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]
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              Till the day
              Appear of respiration to the just
              And vengeance to the wicked.          --Milton.
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     3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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     4. (Physiol.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of
        taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those
        processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system,
        and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.
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     Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:
           ({a) Internal respiration, or the interchange of
           oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body
           and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process
           of nutrition. ({b) External respiration, or the
           gaseous interchange taking place in the special
           respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes
           respiration proper. --Gamgee.
           [1913 Webster] In the respiration of plants oxygen is
           likewise absorbed and carbonic acid exhaled, but in the
           light this process is obscured by another process which
           goes on with more vigor, in which the plant inhales and
           absorbs carbonic acid and exhales free oxygen.
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  Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. Monkeys. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.
     monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.
     fr. madonna. See Madonna.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,
            including apes, baboons, and lemurs.
        (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.
        (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such
            as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of
            apes and baboons.
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     Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a)
           Catarrhines, or Simid[ae]. These have an oblong
           head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together.
           Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives
           of the Old World. ({b) Platyrhines, or Cebid[ae].
           These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so
           that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward.
           The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short
           and not opposable. These are natives of the New World.
           ({c) Strepsorhines, or Lemuroidea. These have a
           pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of
           Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.
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     2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a
        mischievous child.
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              This is the monkey's own giving out; she is
              persuaded I will marry her.           --Shak.
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     3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very
        heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on
        the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the
        falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
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     4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
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     Monkey boat. (Naut.)
        (a) A small boat used in docks.
        (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.
  
     Monkey block (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a
        swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
  
     Monkey flower (Bot.), a plant of the genus Mimulus; -- so
        called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.
  
     Monkey gaff (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast
        for the better display of signals at sea.
  
     Monkey jacket, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by
        sailors.
  
     Monkey rail (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about
        six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.
  
     Monkey shine, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]
  
     Monkey trick, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.
  
     Monkey wheel. See Gin block, under 5th Gin.
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  Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to
     move. See Move.]
     1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;
        movement; the passing of a body from one place or position
        to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed
        to rest.
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              Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace
              attends thee, and each word, each motion, forms.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.
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              Devoid of sense and motion.           --Milton.
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     3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of
        the planets is from west to east.
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              In our proper motion we ascend.       --Milton.
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     4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;
        action of a machine with respect to the relative movement
        of its parts.
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              This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its
              motion.                               --Dr. H. More.
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     5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or
        impulse to any action; internal activity.
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              Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his
              heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from
              God.                                  --South.
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     6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;
        esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;
        as, a motion to adjourn.
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              Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.
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     7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in
        open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule
        directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.
        --Mozley & W.
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     8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in
        the same part or in groups of parts.
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              The independent motions of different parts sounding
              together constitute counterpoint.     --Grove.
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     Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.
           Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite
           directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique
           motion is that when one part is stationary while
           another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when
           parts move in the same direction.
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     9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]
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              What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &
                                                    Fl.
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     Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.
  
     Simple+motions+are:+({a" rel="nofollow">Simple motions are: ({a) straight translation, which, if
        of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b)
        Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or
        reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called
        oscillating. ({c) Helical, which, if of indefinite
        duration, must be reciprocating.
  
     Compound motion consists of combinations of any of the
        simple motions.
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     Center of motion, Harmonic motion, etc. See under
        Center, Harmonic, etc.
  
     Motion block (Steam Engine), a crosshead.
  
     Perpetual motion (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to
        be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces
        independently of any action from without. According to the
        law of conservation of energy, such perpetual motion is
        impossible, and no device has yet been built that is
        capable of perpetual motion.
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     Syn: See Movement.
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  Mute \Mute\, n.
     1. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability,
        unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically:
        (a) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from
            early life, is unable to use articulate language; a
            deaf-mute.
        (b) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
        (c) A person whose part in a play does not require him to
            speak.
        (d) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is
            selected for his place because he can not speak.
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     2. (Phon.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent
        letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech
        formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the
        passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.
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     3. (Mus.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other
        material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect
        position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument,
        in order to deaden or soften the tone.
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  B \B\ (b[=e])
     is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to
     Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 196, 220.) It is etymologically
     related to p, v, f, w, and m, letters representing sounds
     having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng.
     bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and
     Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven,
     Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`,
     Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from the
     Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by
     gradual change from the capital B.
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     Note: In (Music), B is the nominal of the seventh tone in the
           model major scale (the scale of C major), or of the
           second tone in it's relative minor scale (that of A
           minor). B[flat] stands for B flat, the tone a half
           step, or semitone, lower than B. In German, B stands
           for our B[flat], while our B natural is called H
           (pronounced h["a]).
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  Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2),
     perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil,
     ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st Barm, Fervent.]
     1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or
        fermenting beer.
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     Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a) Formed or organized
           ferments. ({b) Unorganized or structureless ferments.
           The latter are now called enzymes and were formerly
           called soluble ferments or chemical ferments.
           Ferments of the first class are as a rule simple
           microscopic vegetable organisms, and the fermentations
           which they engender are due to their growth and
           development; as, the acetic ferment, the butyric
           ferment, etc. See Fermentation. Ferments of the
           second class, on the other hand, are chemical
           substances; as a rule they are proteins soluble in
           glycerin and precipitated by alcohol. In action they
           are catalytic and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples
           are pepsin of the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia,
           and disease of malt. Before 1960 the term "ferment" to
           mean "enzyme" fell out of use. Enzymes are now known to
           be globular proteins, capable of catalyzing a wide
           variety of chemical reactions, not merely hydrolytic.
           The full set of enzymes causing production of ethyl
           alcohol from sugar has been identified and individually
           purified and studied. See enzyme.
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     2. Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.
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              Subdue and cool the ferment of desire. --Rogers.
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              the nation is in a ferment.           --Walpole.
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     3. A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a
        fluid; fermentation. [R.]
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              Down to the lowest lees the ferment ran. --Thomson.
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     ferment oils, volatile oils produced by the fermentation of
        plants, and not originally contained in them. These were
        the quintessences of the alchemists. --Ure.
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  Infinitive \In*fin"i*tive\, n. [L. infinitivus: cf. F.
     infinitif. See Infinite.]
     Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
  
     Infinitive mood (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely
        names the action, and performs the office of a verbal
        noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ({a)
        The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is
        commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. ({b) The
        form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in
        -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.
  
     Note: With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could,
           would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed
           without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The
           infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare,
           do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go;
           you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.
  
     Note: In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded
           by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it
           had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial
           infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly
           employed in expressing purpose. See Gerund, 2.
  
     Note: The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same
           form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was
           confounded with the present participle in -ende, or
           -inde (later -inge).

  Labial \La"bi*al\, n.
     1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an
        articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the
        lips, as b, p, w.
  
     2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue
        pipe.
  
     3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a
        fish or reptile.

  Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[e^]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus, fr.
     legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute, fr.
     lex, legis, law: cf. F. l['e]gat, It. legato. See Legal.]
     1. An ambassador or envoy.
  
     2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with
        the authority of the Holy See.
  
     Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a) Legates a latere, now
           always cardinals. They are called ordinary or
           extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,
           and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on
           extraordinary occasions. ({b) Legati missi, who
           correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.
           ({c) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their
           office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.
  
     3. (Rom. Hist.)
        (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the
            governor of a province.
        (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.

  Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[-i]*br[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. libratio:
     cf. F. libration.]
     1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.
  
     2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that
        of a balance before coming to rest.
  
     Libration of the moon, any one of those small periodical
        changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively
        to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at
        opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It
        receives different names according to the manner in which
        it takes place; as: (a) Libration in longitude, that
        which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic
        orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western
        borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.
        ({b) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the
        varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the
        spectator, causing the alternate appearance and
        disappearance of either pole. ({c) Diurnal or parallactic
        libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,
        at rising and setting, some parts not in the average
        visible hemisphere.

  Respiration \Res`pi*ra"tion\ (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), n. [L.
     respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See Respire.]
     1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's
        breath.
  
     2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]
  
              Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And
              vengeance to the wicked.              --Milton.
  
     3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
  
     4. (Physiol.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of
        taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those
        processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system,
        and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.
  
     Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:
           ({a) Internal respiration, or the interchange of
           oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body
           and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process
           of nutrition. ({b) External respiration, or the
           gaseous interchange taking place in the special
           respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes
           respiration proper. --Gamgee. In the respiration of
           plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid
           exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by
           another process which goes on with more vigor, in which
           the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales
           free oxygen.

  Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. Monkeys. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.
     monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.
     fr. madonna. See Madonna.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,
            including apes, baboons, and lemurs.
        (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.
        (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such
            as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of
            apes and baboons.
  
     Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a)
           Catarrhines, or Simid[ae]. These have an oblong
           head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together.
           Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives
           of the Old World. ({b) Platyrhines, or Cebid[ae].
           These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so
           that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward.
           The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short
           and not opposable. These are natives of the New World.
           ({c) Strepsorhines, or Lemuroidea. These have a
           pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of
           Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.
  
     2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a
        mischievous child.
  
              This is the monkey's own giving out; she is
              persuaded I will marry her.           --Shak.
  
     3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very
        heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on
        the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the
        falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
  
     4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
  
     Monkey boat. (Naut.)
        (a) A small boat used in docks.
        (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.
  
     Monkey block (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a
        swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
  
     Monkey flower (Bot.), a plant of the genus Mimulus; -- so
        called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.
  
     Monkey gaff (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast
        for the better display of signals at sea.
  
     Monkey jacket, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by
        sailors.
  
     Monkey rail (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about
        six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.
  
     Monkey shine, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]
  
     Monkey trick, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.
  
     Monkey wheel. See Gin block, under 5th Gin.
  
     Monkey wrench, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.

  Mute \Mute\, n.
     1. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability,
        unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically:
        (a) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from
            early life, is unable to use articulate language; a
            deaf-mute.
        (b) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
        (c) A person whose part in a play does not require him to
            speak.
        (d) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is
            selected for his place because he can not speak.
  
     2. (Phon.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent
        letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech
        formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the
        passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.
  
     3. (Mus.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other
        material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect
        position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument,
        in order to deaden or soften the tone.

  Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to
     move. See Move.]
     1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;
        movement; the passing of a body from one place or position
        to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed
        to rest.
  
              Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends
              thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.
  
     2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.
  
              Devoid of sense and motion.           --Milton.
  
     3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of
        the planets is from west to east.
  
              In our proper motion we ascend.       --Milton.
  
     4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;
        action of a machine with respect to the relative movement
        of its parts.
  
              This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its
              motion.                               --Dr. H. More.
  
     5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or
        impulse to any action; internal activity.
  
              Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his
              heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from
              God.                                  --South.
  
     6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;
        esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;
        as, a motion to adjourn.
  
              Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.
  
     7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in
        open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule
        directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.
        --Mozley & W.
  
     8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in
        the same part or in groups of parts.
  
              The independent motions of different parts sounding
              together constitute counterpoint.     --Grove.
  
     Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.
           Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite
           directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique
           motion is that when one part is stationary while
           another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when
           parts move in the same direction.
  
     9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]
  
              What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &
                                                    Fl.
  
     Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.
  
     Simple+motions+are:+({a" rel="nofollow">Simple motions are: ({a) straight translation, which, if
        of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b)
        Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or
        reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called
        oscillating. ({c) Helical, which, if of indefinite
        duration, must be reciprocating.
  
     Compound motion consists of combinations of any of the
        simple motions.
  
     Center of motion, Harmonic motion, etc. See under
        Center, Harmonic, etc.
  
     Motion block (Steam Engine), a crosshead.
  
     Perpetual motion (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to
        be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces
        independently of any action from without.

  B \B\ (b[=e])
     is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to
     Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 196, 220.) It is etymologically
     related to p, v, f, w and m, letters representing sounds
     having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng.
     bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and
     Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven,
     Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`,
     Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B
     (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual
     change from the capital B.
  
     Note: In Music, B is the nominal of the seventh tone in the
           model major scale (the scale of C major ), or of the
           second tone in it's relative minor scale (that of A
           minor ) . B[flat] stands for B flat, the tone a half
           step, or semitone, lower than B. In German, B stands
           for our B[flat], while our B natural is called H
           (pronounced h["a]).

  Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2),
     perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil,
     ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st Barm, Fervent.]
     1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or
        fermenting beer.
  
     Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a) Formed or organized
           ferments. ({b) Unorganized or structureless ferments.
           The latter are also called soluble or chemical
           ferments, and enzymes. Ferments of the first class
           are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms,
           and the fermentations which they engender are due to
           their growth and development; as, the acetic ferment,
           the butyric ferment, etc. See Fermentation.
           Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are
           chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and
           precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic
           and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of
           the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease
           of malt.

  Gastropoda \Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach
     + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.)
     One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes
     most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and
     fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,
     muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The
     head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See
     Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.]
  
     Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:
           ({a) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the
           Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and
           Heteropoda. ({b) The Euthyneura, including the
           Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c) The Amphineura,
           including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.

  B
       n 1: the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen [syn: type
            B, group B]
       2: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often
          occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
          [syn: Bacillus, Bacilli]
       3: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated
          into several B vitamins [syn: B-complex vitamin, B
          complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin]
       4: a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black
          crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn:
          boron, atomic number 5]
       5: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
          [syn: bel]
       6: (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective
          circular area that one particle presents to another as a
          target for an encounter [syn: barn]
       7: the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet

  £B
     Translingual sym.
     Bristol pound

  -b
     Lushootseed suf.
     (n-g: Suffix involved in formation of agent-oriented intransitive
  verb stems)
     Veps suf.
     (n-g: Suffix of the third-person singular.)
     Veps suf.
     (lb vep no longer productive) -ing; (n-g: forms a secondary present
  active participle of a few verbs.)

  b
     Basque letter
     (Latn-def eu letter 2 be)
     Catalan letter
     (Latn-def ca letter 2)
     Dutch letter
     (Latn-def nl letter 2)
     Estonian letter
     (Latn-def-lite et letter 2 bee)
     Estonian n.
     1 The letter b (q: the second letter of the Estonian alphabet)
     2 (lb et music) B-flat (note)
     Finnish letter
     (Latn-def fi letter 2 bee)
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi music) B flat
     Fula letter
     (Latn-def ff letter 3)
     Hungarian letter
     1 (Latn-def hu letter 3 bé)
     2 (senseid hu Bflat) (lb hu music) B-flat, B♭ (gloss: the 11th note
  of the C chromatic scale)
     Ido letter
     (Latn-def io letter 2)
     Italian n.
     (Latn-def-lite it letter 2 bi langname=Italian)
     Latvian letter
     (Latn-def lv letter 3 bē)
     Livonian letter
     (Latn-def liv letter 5)
     Malay letter
     (Latn-def ms letter 2)
     Norwegian Bokmål letter
     (Latn-def nb letter 2)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 the letter #English, the second letter of the #English alphabet
     2 (lb nb music) the tone h lowered by half a step
     3 (lb nb music) a #English (q: sign indicating that the following
  note is to be lowered by half a step)
     4 (lb nb physics) symbol for (l nb bar  bar)
     Polish letter
     (Latn-def pl letter 3 be)
     Romanian letter
     (Latn-def ro letter 4 be bî)
     Serbo-Croatian letter
     (Latn-def sh letter 2 alphabet name=gajica)
     Skolt Sami letter
     (Latn-def sms letter 3)
     Spanish letter
     (Latn-def es letter 2 be)
     Tagalog letter
     1 {Latn-def-lite|tl|letter|2|bi|alphabet name=(w: Filipino
  alphabet)}
     2 (lb tl historical) {Latn-def-lite|tl|letter|2|be|alphabet name=(w
  Filipino orthography#Adoption of the Latin script Abecedario)}
     Turkish letter
     (Latn-def tr letter 2 be)
     Vietnamese letter
     (Latn-def vi letter 4 bê bê bò bờ)
     Yoruba letter
     (Latn-def yo letter 2 bí)

  b'
     Maltese prep.
     with (chiefly an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)
     Scottish Gaelic vb.
     (form of gd Form bu)'' used before vowels and '''fh-'''''

  b-
     Old Irish pre.
     you (gloss: plural object pronoun)

  b.
     German prep.
     (abbreviation of de bei)

  b@
     n.
     (lb en text messaging) bat

  ^B
     Translingual sym.
     (caret notation of: start of text)

  B
     Afrikaans letter
     (Latn-def-lite af letter 2)
     Afrikaans n.
     #English
     Basque letter
     (Latn-def-lite eu letter 2 be)
     Catalan letter
     (Latn-def-lite ca letter 2)
     Czech letter
     (l-lite en B) (gloss: the 2nd letter in the Czech alphabet)
     Czech n.
     (lb cs music) (l-lite en B) flat
     Esperanto letter
     (Latn-def-lite eo letter 2 bo)
     Finnish letter
     (Latn-def-lite fi letter 2 bee)
     Finnish n.
     1 (abbreviation of fi lubenter approbatur)
     2 (alt case form of fi b  B flat (musical note))
     German letter
     n (Latn-def-lite de letter 2 be)
     German n.
     n (lb de music) B-flat
     Ido letter
     (Latn-def-lite io letter 2)
     Italian letter
     (Latn-def-lite it letter 2 bi)
     Kashubian letter
     (Latn-def csb letter 4)
     letter
     (Latn-def-lite en letter 2 bee)
     num.
     (Latn-def-lite en ordinal 2 bee)
     n.
     1 (lb en cricket) the number of balls faced by a batsman
     2 The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a
  sum of money
     3 (lb en British) The grade of pencil that makes darker marks than
  grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.
     4 (lb en chess) bishop
     5 (lb en music) (l-lite en bass Bass).
     6 (lb en immunology) a B cell.
     suf.
     (lb en stenoscript) a suffix ''-(V)ble'' ((m-lite en -ible), (m-lite
  en -able).)
     n.
     1 A personality type of someone who is relaxed and easygoing and able
  to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
     2 (senseid en grade) An academic grade, better than a C and worse
  than an A
     3 Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity,
  group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
     n.
     (senseid en Q797302) (lb en computer languages) A programming
  language from which C is derived.
     sym.
     (lb en computing) byte
     Maltese letter
     (Latn-def-lite mt letter 2)
     Polish letter
     (Latn-def-lite pl letter 3 be)
     Romanian letter
     (Latn-def-lite ro letter 4 be bî)
     Romanian n.
     (abbreviation of ro București dot=,) the capital city of Romania.
     Saanich letter
     (Latn-def-lite str letter 4)
     Skolt Sami letter
     (Latn-def-lite sms letter 3)
     Somali letter
     (Latn-def-lite so letter 2 ba)
     Swedish a.
     1 indication of being of lesser rank, less successful
     2 (senseid sv shoddy) (lb sv colloquial) low-quality, shoddy, bad
     Swedish letter
     the second letter of the Swedish alphabet
     Swedish n.
     an academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A
     Swedish sym.
     1 (lb sv SAB) general and miscellaneous
     2 (lb sv zoning) Area reserved for (m-lite sv bostäder  residential
  etc.).
     Translingual letter
     The second letter of the Appendix:Latin script.
     Translingual sym.
     1 A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune
  response in people with type A antigen in their blood. They can receive
  blood from type B or type O, but cannot receive blood from AB or A.
     2 (lb mul element symbol) The chemical element boron.
     3 eleven, especially used in the base more than ten, such as
  duodecimal, hexadecimal, vigesimal and so on.
     4 (lb mul amino acid) (n-g-lite: As an IUPAC code for amino acids,)
  aspartic acid or asparagine.
     5 (lb mul physics) A magnetic flux density.
     6 (lb mul linguistics) A wildcard for a labial consonant
     7 (bond credit rating lt=1 s=1 f=1 a bond is highly speculative with
  high risk of default)
     8 (lb mul clothing) (n-g-lite bra Bra cup size.)
     Vietnamese letter
     (Latn-def-lite vi letter 4 bê bê bò bờ)
     Yoruba letter
     (Latn-def-lite yo letter 2 bí)

  B+
     Translingual sym.
     (bond credit rating lt=1 s=1 f=1 a bond is highly speculative with
  high risk of default)

  B-)
     Translingual sym.
     (alternative form of mul 8-) t=emoticon representing a smiley face
  with eyeglasses or sunglasses).

  B.
     n.
     1 (abbreviation of en bachelor dot=:) (non-gloss definition: used in
  abbreviations of names of bachelor's degrees, usually followed by an
  abbreviation indicating the specific discipline.)
     2 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en baron)

  B−
     Translingual sym.
     (bond credit rating lt=1 s=1 f=1 a bond is highly speculative with
  high risk of default)

  B♭
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en B-flat)

  B♯
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en B-sharp)

  b̓
     Lushootseed alt.
     (lb lut rare) (ng: The fourth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.)
     Lushootseed letter
     (lb lut rare) (ng: The fourth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.)

  b́
     Lower Sorbian letter
     (tlb dsb obsolete) {n-g|The letter (m dsb b) with an acute accent,
  formerly used to represent the sound (IPAchar: /bʲ/), now replaced by
  the digraph (m dsb  bj).}

  B́
     Lower Sorbian letter
     (tlb dsb obsolete) {n-g|The capital form of the letter (m dsb
  b́).}

  b̃
     Translingual sym.
     (lb mul
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanist%20phonetic%20notation rare) a
  bilabial trill (IPA [(IPAfont: ʙ)]).

  B̃
     Maskelynes letter
     (Latn-def klv letter)

  b̸
     Translingual sym.
     (lb mul typography) {ng|A manual-typewriter substitute for b-like
  phonetic symbols such as IPA (angbr IPA: β).}

  B̧
     Translingual letter
     (lb mul obsolete) {ng|A letter of the (w: Unified Northern
  Alphabet), written in the Latin script.}

  b̪
     Translingual sym.
     (lb mul
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Phonetic%20Alphabet)
  voiced labiodental plosive

  b̶
     Translingual alt.
     (lb en
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanist%20phonetic%20notation) A
  voiced bilabial fricative (IPA [β]).
     Translingual sym.
     (lb en
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanist%20phonetic%20notation) A
  voiced bilabial fricative (IPA [β]).

  bꜣ
     Egyptian alt.
     (l egy bꜣw)
     Egyptian n.
     1 working power, active power, efficacy in acting on and influence
  the external world and enforce order, especially as possessed by a god
     2 god, seen as possessed of such power
     3 (lb egy by extension) the dead, seen as possessed of such power and
  needing offerings to sustain it; efficacious soul, ba
     Egyptian alt.
     (desc egx-dem bj-ꜥꜣ-n-pt der=1 t=he-goat)
     Egyptian n.
     ram
     Egyptian alt.
     leopard skin
     Egyptian n.
     leopard
     Egyptian vb.
     (lb egy intransitive) to be(come) an animate, efficacious soul, to
  possess a ba or ba-power
     Egyptian vb.
     1 (lb egy transitive) dig up earth, hoe
     2 (lb egy transitive) destroy

  ꜣb
     Egyptian alt.
     (l egy ꜣbw)
     Egyptian vb.
     1 (lb egy intransitive) to stop, to take a break (since Middle
  Kingdom literature)
     2 {lb|egy|transitive|with an infinitive; in the Greco-Roman Period,
  with (l egy r), (l egy m), or (l egy n) and an infinitive} to cease or
  stop (doing something)
     3 (lb egy transitive) to avoid
     4 (indtr egy ḥr) to tarry or stay for a while with (someone)
     5 (indtr egy r) to part with, to separate from (Late Period to
  Greco-Roman Period)
     Egyptian n.
     fingernail (Late Period)

  ꜥb
     Egyptian alt.
     horned crocodile
     Egyptian n.
     1 horn
     2 flank (of an army)
     Egyptian vb.
     (lb egy transitive) to make dirty or impure, to pollute

  ꜥbꜣ
     Egyptian alt.
     (R:egy:Allen: 385)
     Egyptian n.
     1 offering-stone
     2 tombstone
     3 altar

  ꜥꜣb
     Egyptian vb.
     (lb egy intransitive) to be(come) pleasing or desirable

  ꜥꜥb
     Egyptian vb.
     (lb egy transitive) to comb

  b
     letter
     (Latn-def en letter 2 bee)
     num.
     (Latn-def en ordinal 2 bee)
     a.
     (alternative form of en b.  born)
     sym.
     1 (lb en astronomy) latitude in the galactic coordinate system
     2 (lb en physics) barn
     3 (lb en computing) bit
     4 (lb en cricket) bye
     5 (lb en size) big

  b.
     a.
     (abbreviation of en born)
     n.
     1 (abbreviation of en breadth)
     2 (abbreviation of en book)
     3 (abbreviation of en bin nodot=y) {n-g|or (m en ibn) in Arabic
  names.}
     4 (abbreviation of en ben nodot=y) (n-g: in Hebrew names.)

  b@
     n.
     (lb en text messaging) bat

  B
     letter
     (Latn-def-lite en letter 2 bee)
     num.
     (Latn-def-lite en ordinal 2 bee)
     n.
     1 (lb en cricket) the number of balls faced by a batsman
     2 The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a
  sum of money
     3 (lb en British) The grade of pencil that makes darker marks than
  grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.
     4 (lb en chess) bishop
     5 (lb en music) (l-lite en bass Bass).
     6 (lb en immunology) a B cell.
     suf.
     (lb en stenoscript) a suffix ''-(V)ble'' ((m-lite en -ible), (m-lite
  en -able).)
     n.
     1 A personality type of someone who is relaxed and easygoing and able
  to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
     2 (senseid en grade) An academic grade, better than a C and worse
  than an A
     3 Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity,
  group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
     n.
     (senseid en Q797302) (lb en computer languages) A programming
  language from which C is derived.
     sym.
     (lb en computing) byte

  B+
     n.
     1 An academic grade awarded by some institutions. Slightly better
  than a B and slightly worse than an A-.
     2 A position in ballet where the dancer's working leg is pointed
  behind them in a bent fourth position; an unstretched tendu en arrière

  B.
     n.
     1 (abbreviation of en bachelor dot=:) (non-gloss definition: used in
  abbreviations of names of bachelor's degrees, usually followed by an
  abbreviation indicating the specific discipline.)
     2 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en baron)

  B−
     n.
     An academic grade awarded by some institutions. Slightly better than
  a C+, slightly worse than a B.

  B♭
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en B-flat)

  B♯
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en B-sharp)

  £B
     Translingual sym.
     Bristol pound

  -b
     Hungarian suf.
     (lb hu comparative suffix somewhat archaic nocat=y)(cln hu suffixes
  with archaic senses) -er, more (gloss: still used in compound
  verb-forming suffixes)

  b
     Catalan letter
     (Latn-def ca letter 2)
     Dutch letter
     (Latn-def nl letter 2)
     Estonian letter
     (Latn-def-lite et letter 2 bee)
     Estonian n.
     1 The letter b (q: the second letter of the Estonian alphabet)
     2 (lb et music) B-flat (note)
     Finnish letter
     (Latn-def fi letter 2 bee)
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi music) B flat
     Hungarian letter
     1 (Latn-def hu letter 3 bé)
     2 (senseid hu Bflat) (lb hu music) B-flat, B♭ (gloss: the 11th note
  of the C chromatic scale)
     Italian n.
     (Latn-def-lite it letter 2 bi langname=Italian)
     letter
     (Latn-def en letter 2 bee)
     num.
     (Latn-def en ordinal 2 bee)
     a.
     (alternative form of en b.  born)
     sym.
     1 (lb en astronomy) latitude in the galactic coordinate system
     2 (lb en physics) barn
     3 (lb en computing) bit
     4 (lb en cricket) bye
     5 (lb en size) big
     Maltese letter
     (Latn-def mt letter 2)
     Norwegian Nynorsk letter
     1 (Latn-def no letter 2)
     2 (senseid nn B-flat) (lb nn music) (l en B-flat)
     Portuguese letter
     (Latn-def pt letter 2)
     Romani letter
     (Latn-def rom letter 2)
     Silesian letter
     (Latn-def szl letter 3)
     Slovene letter
     1 (Latn-def-lite sl letter 2 langname=Slovene)
     2 (Latn-def-lite sl letter 3 langname=Resian)
     3 (Latn-def-lite sl letter 2 langname=Natisone Valley dialect)
     Slovene n.
     1 (n-g-lite The name of the Appendix:Latin script Latin script letter
  '''''B''''' / '''''b'''''.)
     2 (q: linguistics) {n-g-lite|The name of the phoneme ''/(IPAlink:
  b)/''.}
     Slovene sym.
     (qualifier wikipedia:Slovene_national_phonetic_transcription SNPT)
  ''phonetic transcription of sound'' [(IPAlink b b)].
     Swedish letter
     (Latn-def sv letter 2)
     Swedish n.
     (lb sv slang) (abbr of sv brunt t=hashish)
     Turkish letter
     (Latn-def tr letter 2 be)

  b'
     Maltese prep.
     with (chiefly an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)
     Scottish Gaelic vb.
     (form of gd Form bu)'' used before vowels and '''fh-'''''

  b-
     Old Irish pre.
     you (gloss: plural object pronoun)

  b.
     German prep.
     (abbreviation of de bei)

  b@
     n.
     (lb en text messaging) bat

  ^B
     Translingual sym.
     (caret notation of: start of text)

  B
     Catalan letter
     (Latn-def-lite ca letter 2)
     Czech letter
     (l-lite en B) (gloss: the 2nd letter in the Czech alphabet)
     Czech n.
     (lb cs music) (l-lite en B) flat
     Esperanto letter
     (Latn-def-lite eo letter 2 bo)
     Finnish letter
     (Latn-def-lite fi letter 2 bee)
     Finnish n.
     1 (abbreviation of fi lubenter approbatur)
     2 (alt case form of fi b  B flat (musical note))
     German letter
     n (Latn-def-lite de letter 2 be)
     German n.
     n (lb de music) B-flat
     Italian letter
     (Latn-def-lite it letter 2 bi)
     Latvian letter
     (Latn-def-lite lv letter 3 bē)
     Maltese letter
     (Latn-def-lite mt letter 2)
     Polish letter
     (Latn-def-lite pl letter 3 be)
     Romanian letter
     (Latn-def-lite ro letter 4 be bî)
     Romanian n.
     (abbreviation of ro București dot=,) the capital city of Romania.
     Silesian letter
     (Latn-def szl letter 3)
     Slovene letter
     1 (Latn-def-lite sl letter 2)
     2 (Latn-def-lite sl langname=Resian letter 3)
     3 (Latn-def-lite sl langname=Natisone Valley dialect letter 2)
     Slovene n.
     (n-g-lite The name of the Appendix:Latin script Latin script letter
  '''''B''''' / '''''b'''''.)
     Slovene sym.
     (q-lite wikipedia:Slovene_national_phonetic_transcription SNPT not
  allowed to be in lower case) ''phonetic transcription of sound''
  [(IPAlink: b̪)].
     Swedish a.
     1 indication of being of lesser rank, less successful
     2 (senseid sv shoddy) (lb sv colloquial) low-quality, shoddy, bad
     Swedish letter
     the second letter of the Swedish alphabet
     Swedish n.
     an academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A
     Swedish sym.
     1 (lb sv SAB) general and miscellaneous
     2 (lb sv zoning) Area reserved for (m-lite sv bostäder  residential
  etc.).
     Turkish letter
     (Latn-def-lite tr letter 2 be)

  B+
     Translingual sym.
     (bond credit rating lt=1 s=1 f=1 a bond is highly speculative with
  high risk of default)

  B-)
     Translingual sym.
     (alternative form of mul 8-) t=emoticon representing a smiley face
  with eyeglasses or sunglasses).

  B.
     n.
     1 (abbreviation of en bachelor dot=:) (non-gloss definition: used in
  abbreviations of names of bachelor's degrees, usually followed by an
  abbreviation indicating the specific discipline.)
     2 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en baron)

  B−
     Translingual sym.
     (bond credit rating lt=1 s=1 f=1 a bond is highly speculative with
  high risk of default)

  b́
     Lower Sorbian letter
     (tlb dsb obsolete) {n-g|The letter (m dsb b) with an acute accent,
  formerly used to represent the sound (IPAchar: /bʲ/), now replaced by
  the digraph (m dsb  bj).}

  B́
     Lower Sorbian letter
     (tlb dsb obsolete) {n-g|The capital form of the letter (m dsb
  b́).}

  b̃
     Translingual sym.
     (lb mul
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanist%20phonetic%20notation rare) a
  bilabial trill (IPA [(IPAfont: ʙ)]).

  b̸
     Translingual sym.
     (lb mul typography) {ng|A manual-typewriter substitute for b-like
  phonetic symbols such as IPA (angbr IPA: β).}

  b̪
     Translingual sym.
     (lb mul
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Phonetic%20Alphabet)
  voiced labiodental plosive

  b̶
     Translingual alt.
     (lb en
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanist%20phonetic%20notation) A
  voiced bilabial fricative (IPA [β]).
     Translingual sym.
     (lb en
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanist%20phonetic%20notation) A
  voiced bilabial fricative (IPA [β]).

  £B
     Translingual sym.
     Bristol pound

  -b
     Hungarian suf.
     (lb hu comparative suffix somewhat archaic nocat=y)(cln hu suffixes
  with archaic senses) -er, more (gloss: still used in compound
  verb-forming suffixes)

  b
     Catalan letter
     (Latn-def ca letter 2)
     Dutch letter
     (Latn-def nl letter 2)
     Estonian letter
     (Latn-def-lite et letter 2 bee)
     Estonian n.
     1 The letter b (q: the second letter of the Estonian alphabet)
     2 (lb et music) B-flat (note)
     Finnish letter
     (Latn-def fi letter 2 bee)
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi music) B flat
     Hungarian letter
     1 (Latn-def hu letter 3 bé)
     2 (senseid hu Bflat) (lb hu music) B-flat, B♭ (gloss: the 11th note
  of the C chromatic scale)
     Italian n.
     (Latn-def-lite it letter 2 bi langname=Italian)
     letter
     (Latn-def en letter 2 bee)
     num.
     (Latn-def en ordinal 2 bee)
     a.
     (alternative form of en b.  born)
     sym.
     1 (lb en astronomy) latitude in the galactic coordinate system
     2 (lb en physics) barn
     3 (lb en computing) bit
     4 (lb en cricket) bye
     5 (lb en size) big
     Maltese letter
     (Latn-def mt letter 2)
     Norwegian Nynorsk letter
     1 (Latn-def no letter 2)
     2 (senseid nn B-flat) (lb nn music) (l en B-flat)
     Portuguese letter
     (Latn-def pt letter 2)
     Skolt Sami letter
     (Latn-def sms letter 3)
     Swedish letter
     (Latn-def sv letter 2)
     Swedish n.
     (lb sv slang) (abbr of sv brunt t=hashish)
     Turkish letter
     (Latn-def tr letter 2 be)

  b'
     Maltese prep.
     with (chiefly an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)
     Scottish Gaelic vb.
     (form of gd Form bu)'' used before vowels and '''fh-'''''

  b-
     Old Irish pre.
     you (gloss: plural object pronoun)

  b.
     German prep.
     (abbreviation of de bei)

  b@
     n.
     (lb en text messaging) bat

  ^B
     Translingual sym.
     (caret notation of: start of text)

  B
     Catalan letter
     (Latn-def-lite ca letter 2)
     Czech letter
     (l-lite en B) (gloss: the 2nd letter in the Czech alphabet)
     Czech n.
     (lb cs music) (l-lite en B) flat
     Esperanto letter
     (Latn-def-lite eo letter 2 bo)
     Finnish letter
     (Latn-def-lite fi letter 2 bee)
     Finnish n.
     1 (abbreviation of fi lubenter approbatur)
     2 (alt case form of fi b  B flat (musical note))
     German letter
     n (Latn-def-lite de letter 2 be)
     German n.
     n (lb de music) B-flat
     Italian letter
     (Latn-def-lite it letter 2 bi)
     Latvian letter
     (Latn-def-lite lv letter 3 bē)
     Maltese letter
     (Latn-def-lite mt letter 2)
     Polish letter
     (Latn-def-lite pl letter 3 be)
     Silesian letter
     (Latn-def szl letter 3)
     Spanish letter
     (Latn-def-lite es letter 2 be)
     Translingual letter
     The second letter of the Appendix:Latin script.
     Translingual sym.
     1 A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune
  response in people with type A antigen in their blood. They can receive
  blood from type B or type O, but cannot receive blood from AB or A.
     2 (lb mul element symbol) The chemical element boron.
     3 eleven, especially used in the base more than ten, such as
  duodecimal, hexadecimal, vigesimal and so on.
     4 (lb mul amino acid) (n-g-lite: As an IUPAC code for amino acids,)
  aspartic acid or asparagine.
     5 (lb mul physics) A magnetic flux density.
     6 (lb mul linguistics) A wildcard for a labial consonant
     7 (bond credit rating lt=1 s=1 f=1 a bond is highly speculative with
  high risk of default)
     8 (lb mul clothing) (n-g-lite bra Bra cup size.)
     Welsh letter
     (Latn-def-lite cy letter 2 bi) ''It is preceded by (l-lite cy A) and
  followed by (l-lite cy C).''

  B+
     Translingual sym.
     (bond credit rating lt=1 s=1 f=1 a bond is highly speculative with
  high risk of default)

  B-)
     Translingual sym.
     (alternative form of mul 8-) t=emoticon representing a smiley face
  with eyeglasses or sunglasses).

  B.
     n.
     1 (abbreviation of en bachelor dot=:) (non-gloss definition: used in
  abbreviations of names of bachelor's degrees, usually followed by an
  abbreviation indicating the specific discipline.)
     2 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en baron)

  B−
     Translingual sym.
     (bond credit rating lt=1 s=1 f=1 a bond is highly speculative with
  high risk of default)

  B♭
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en B-flat)

  B♯
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en B-sharp)

  b́
     Lower Sorbian letter
     (tlb dsb obsolete) {n-g|The letter (m dsb b) with an acute accent,
  formerly used to represent the sound (IPAchar: /bʲ/), now replaced by
  the digraph (m dsb  bj).}

  B́
     Lower Sorbian letter
     (tlb dsb obsolete) {n-g|The capital form of the letter (m dsb
  b́).}

  b̃
     Translingual sym.
     (lb mul
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanist%20phonetic%20notation rare) a
  bilabial trill (IPA [(IPAfont: ʙ)]).

  b̸
     Translingual sym.
     (lb mul typography) {ng|A manual-typewriter substitute for b-like
  phonetic symbols such as IPA (angbr IPA: β).}

  B̧
     Translingual letter
     (lb mul obsolete) {ng|A letter of the (w: Unified Northern
  Alphabet), written in the Latin script.}

  b̪
     Translingual sym.
     (lb mul
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Phonetic%20Alphabet)
  voiced labiodental plosive

  b̶
     Translingual alt.
     (lb en
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanist%20phonetic%20notation) A
  voiced bilabial fricative (IPA [β]).
     Translingual sym.
     (lb en
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanist%20phonetic%20notation) A
  voiced bilabial fricative (IPA [β]).

  b
     Hollanti n.
     (yhteys musiikki k=nl) (l fi h)
     Pohjoissaame letter
     pienaakkonen, aakkosten 3. kirjain

  B
     letter
     iso kirjain, aakkosten 2. kirjain
     Pohjoissaame letter
     iso kirjain, aakkosten 3. kirjain

  b
     abbr.
     1 ''bitti''
     2 ''lubenter approbatur'', mielihyvin hyväksytään
     3 (yhteys k=fi musiikki) ''alennusmerkki''
     letter
     pieni kirjain, aakkosten 2. kirjain
     n.
     1 (yhteys k=fi musiikki) alenettu h-sävel, enharmoninen sävelen ais
  kanssa
     2 (yhteys k=fi musiikki varsinkin bassokitaran soiton yteydessä) (l
  fi h)

  B
     letter
     iso kirjain, aakkosten 2. kirjain

  b
     n.
     1 bokstav (den andra i alfabetet)
     2 (tagg: musik) sänkt h; ton med frekvens nära 466,16 ·
  2<sup>''n''</sup> Hz, för något heltal ''n'' (om ettstruken
  a antas ha frekvensen 440 Hz enligt överenskommen standard), vilken i
  liksvävande temperatur är enharmonisk med aiss och cessess
     3 (tagg musik anglicism) ton med frekvens nära 493,88 ·
  2<sup>''n''</sup> Hz, för något heltal ''n'' (om ettstruken
  a antas ha frekvensen 440 Hz enligt överenskommen standard), vilken i
  liksvävande temperatur är enharmonisk med aississ och cess

  b.
     Engelska abbr.
     ''förkortning för'' born; född

  B
     Engelska abbr.
     (tagg schack språk=en) ''förkortning för'' bishop
     Engelska n.
     (tagg musik språk=en) h
     Tyska abbr.
     1 ''förkortning för'' Berlin
     2 ''förkortning för'' Beobachtung

  B♭
     n.
     (tagg: musik) B-dur; ackord bestående av tonerna b (sänkt h), d och
  f

  b
     n.
     1 bokstav (den andra i alfabetet)
     2 (tagg: musik) sänkt h; ton med frekvens nära 466,16 ·
  2<sup>''n''</sup> Hz, för något heltal ''n'' (om ettstruken
  a antas ha frekvensen 440 Hz enligt överenskommen standard), vilken i
  liksvävande temperatur är enharmonisk med aiss och cessess
     3 (tagg musik anglicism) ton med frekvens nära 493,88 ·
  2<sup>''n''</sup> Hz, för något heltal ''n'' (om ettstruken
  a antas ha frekvensen 440 Hz enligt överenskommen standard), vilken i
  liksvävande temperatur är enharmonisk med aississ och cess

  b.
     abbr.
     ''förkortning för'' bredd

  B
     a.
     1 indikerar att någon eller något är på andra plats i rangordningen,
  mindre framstående
     2 indikerar att någonting är tråkigt
     n.
     1 ett betyget i många betygssystem
     2 #(tagg: text=2011–) näst högsta betyget i det nuvarande svenska
  betygssystemet
     3 #(tagg: text=1897–1962) ett betyget i ett äldre svenskt
  betygssystem; bättre än BC, sämre än Ba
     4 #(tagg: text=1820–1897) näst högsta betyget inom svenska läroverk
     5 #(tagg: text=1820–1897) näst högsta betyget i uppförande inom
  svenska läroverk
     sym.
     1 (tagg: SAB) allmänt och blandat
     2 (tagg: detaljplan) kvartersmark reserverat för bostad

  B♭
     n.
     (tagg: musik) B-dur; ackord bestående av tonerna b (sänkt h), d och
  f

  b /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ 
  в#в (Bulgarisch)
  Minuskel des 2. Buchstabens des lateinischen Alphabets

  b /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ 
  1. β
  Minuskel des 2. Buchstabens des lateinischen Alphabets
  2. ύφεση
  Musik: Vorzeichen zur Erniedrigung des Stammtons um einen Halbtonschritt
  3. σι
  Musik: Abkürzung für b-Moll

  B /bˈeː/ 
  flat 
     Synonym: Erniedrigungszeichen
  

  B /bˈeː/ 
  B , B sharp , B flat , B double sharp , B double flat 
     Synonyms: H, His, Hisis, Heses
  

  Bor /bˈoːɾ/ (B /bˈeː/) 
   [chem.] boron 

  B /beː/ /beːs/ /beː/ /beːs/ 
  1. si bémol
  Ton mit 466 Hz und alle Töne im Oktavabstand dazu, um einen Halbton vermindertes H
  2. si bémol majeur
  meist ohne Artikel, eine Tonart des Tongeschlechts Dur

  b /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ 
  1. b
  Minuskel des 2. Buchstabens des lateinischen Alphabets
  2. bemol
  Musik: Vorzeichen zur Erniedrigung des Stammtons um einen Halbtonschritt

  b /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ 
  б
  Minuskel des 2. Buchstabens des lateinischen Alphabets

  B /beː/ /beːs/ /beː/ /beːs/ 
  1. si bemol
  Ton mit 466 Hz und alle Töne im Oktavabstand dazu, um einen Halbton vermindertes H
  2. si bemol mayor
  meist ohne Artikel, eine Tonart des Tongeschlechts Dur

  b /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ /b/ /beː/ /beːs/ /p/ 
  b
  Minuskel des 2. Buchstabens des lateinischen Alphabets

  B /bˈiː/
  بي - الحرف الثاني في اللغة الإنجليزية

  b /bˈiː/
  b

  B /bˈiː/
  B

  B /bˈiː/
  H , His , B , Hisis , Heses  [mus.]
     Synonyms: B sharp, B flat, B double sharp, B double flat
  

  born /bˈɔːn/ (b. /bˈiː/)
  geboren geb.,  /dʒˈɛb/
        "I was born in 1964."  - Ich wurde 1964 geboren.
        "Goethe was born on the 28th of August / on August 28, 1749."  - Goethe wurde am 28. August 1749 geboren.
        "still-born"  - tot geboren
        "born on 10.1.2000"  - geboren am 10.1.2000
        "When and where were you born?"  - Wann und wo sind Sie geboren?
   see: nee, née, John Doe, né Herr
  

  B //b// //biː// 
  1. t
  byte
  2. h
  musical note

  b. /bˈiː/ 
  s.
  born

  b. /bˈiː/
    ur., urodzony

  B. /bˈiː/
    bakałarz, licencjat  [stopień naukowy]

  B /bˈo/
  si [music]

  B /bˈo/
  si [music]

  B /bˈo/
  si [music]

  b /bˈeː/ 
  б
  alenettu h-sävel, enharmoninen sävelen ais kanssa

  b /bˈeː/ 
  b
  alenettu h-sävel, enharmoninen sävelen ais kanssa

  b /bˈeː/ 
  β
  alenettu h-sävel, enharmoninen sävelen ais kanssa

  b /bˈeː/ 
  B-flat
  alenettu h-sävel, enharmoninen sävelen ais kanssa

  b /bˈeː/ 
  si bémol
  alenettu h-sävel, enharmoninen sävelen ais kanssa

  b /bˈeː/ 
  si bemolle
  alenettu h-sävel, enharmoninen sävelen ais kanssa

  b /bˈeː/ 
  bes
  alenettu h-sävel, enharmoninen sävelen ais kanssa

  b /bˈeː/ 
  b, bess
  alenettu h-sävel, enharmoninen sävelen ais kanssa

  B /be/ 
  B
  Bleu

  b /bjˈɛː/ 
  b

  b /ˌazwɛɾˈi/
  b

  b /bˈe/
  Kürt alfabesinin ikinci harfi

  b /bˈeː/ 
  jika
  2. de toonnaam

  b /bˈeː/ 
  1.  [2. de toonnaam] si
  2.  [3. afkorting van “b-mineur”] si

  b
  b

  
/ˈbi/

  
/ˈbi/

  
/be/

  
/be/

  n. B;

  B
     n. 字母B