abb

[ ab ]

noun

1. low-grade wool from the breech or outer edges of a fleece.
2. yarn made from this wool.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abb¹

before 1000; Old English ab, āweb, ōweb; a- ³, woof ¹, web, weave

Example Sentences

Down below, water-cooled batteries will fuel the hybrid-electric propulsion system, both built by the Swedish-Swiss electric equipment manufacturer, ABB.

From Seattle Times

The second part, which it will issue this summer, will be the technical package, with specifications, drawings and a list of equipment WSF will furnish, like the hybrid-electric propulsion and energy storage system built by ABB, a Swedish-Swiss electric equipment manufacturer.

From Seattle Times

“This technology has individually been around for a while, but it hasn’t necessarily been integrated and optimized to all work together — and that’s kind of our role,” said Bruce Strupp, vice president at ABB Marine & Ports, the company that designed the boat’s propulsion system.

From Seattle Times

ABB a Swedish-Swiss manufacturing company are training advanced industrial robots here to work with people, on picking, packing, sorting, welding.

From BBC

While some U.S. clients particularly were becoming more hesitant about investing in China because of geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing, this was not a factor for ABB, he added.

From Reuters