B

B

B¹ [bē]

n.

1. a blood type: see ABO SYSTEM

☆ 2. Educ. a grade indicating above-average but not outstanding work [a B in French]

3. Music

a) the seventh note or tone in the ascending scale of C major

b) the scale having this tone as the keynote

c) a note representing this tone

d) a key, string, etc. producing this tone

adj.

☆ second-class; inferior to the best [a B film]

B²

abbrev.

1. bachelor

2. bacillus

3. Football back: sometimes written b

4. Baseball

a) base

b) baseman

c) batter

5. Music

a) bass

b) basso

6. battery

7. Baumé

8. bay

9. Physics bel

10. Bible

11. billion

12. Chess bishop

13. bolívar

14. book

15. born

16. brightness

17. breadth

18. British

19. brother

20. Brotherhood: Also, for 1-2, 4-6, 8, 10, 12-13, 16-17, & 19, b

B³

symbol

1. Chem. boron

2. Physics magnetic flux density