P.B.

¹

abbreviation for

1. British Pharmacopoeia.

P.B.

²

abbreviation for

1. Prayer Book.

Pb

³

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. lead.

PB

⁴

1. power brakes.

PB

⁵

Symbol, Computers.

1. petabyte.

p.b.

⁶

abbreviation for

1. Baseball. passed ball; passed balls.

PB

¹

abbreviation for

1. Pharmacopoeia Britannica
2. Prayer Book
3. athletics personal best

Pb

²

the chemical symbol for

1. lead

Word History and Origins

Origin of P.B.¹

From Latin Pharmacopoeia Britannica

Origin of P.B.²

From the Latin word plumbum

Word History and Origins

Origin of P.B.¹

from New Latin plumbum

Example Sentences

The campaign was known to palace insiders as “Operation Mrs. PB.”

From The Daily Beast

Our children are now taught that a classmate might die right in front of them if they bring PB&J for lunch.

From The Daily Beast

When the wire is free from twist, the magnetization at any point P is in the tangential direction PB (see fig. 26).

From Project Gutenberg

Lead is not a compound, but an element whose chemical symbol is Pb, taken from the Latin name for lead.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, similarly, at pB the sector B has come around and begins to pass behind P.

From Project Gutenberg

Dilute nitric acid readily dissolves the metal, with formation of nitrate Pb(NO3)2.

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It dissolves in an excess of alkali to form plumbites of the general formula Pb(OM)2.

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