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b
/ˈbi/
字母
B
From:
Taiwan MOE computer dictionary
B
若
A
則反
B
閘
From:
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B
若
A
則反
B
閘
From:
Taiwan MOE computer dictionary
B
B暫存器(同register,base)
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
B
is
the
second
letter
of
the
English
alphabet
. (
See
Guide
to
Pronunciation
, §§ 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
.
b
ursar
and
p
urser;
Eng
.
b
ear
and
Lat
.
f
erre;
Eng
. sil
v
er
and
Ger
. sil
b
er;
Lat
. cu
b
itum
and
It
. go
m
ito;
Eng
. se
v
en,
Anglo-Saxon
seo
f
on,
Ger
. sie
b
en,
Lat
. se
p
tem, Gr."epta`,
Sanskrit
sa
p
tan.
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
.
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
♭
stands
for
B
flat
,
the
tone
a
half
step
,
or
semitone
,
lower
than
B
.
In
German
,
B
stands
for
our
B
♭,
while
our
B
natural
is
called
H
(
pronounced
h
ä).
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
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