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Tb has 9 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Symbol · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite

2

infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)

3

a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits

4

a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes

5

a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes

6

tuberculosis

Symbol
1

terabyte (1,000 gigabytes or 10¹² bytes).

2

terabit (1000 gigabits or 1000⁴ bits)

Proper Noun
1

Abbreviation of Tampa Bay (a city in Florida).

See Also
mtb tuberculosis throwback xdr tb terabyte mdr tb terabit pasiniazid
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
metallic element infectious disease computer memory unit
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Pott's disease miliary tuberculosis pulmonary tuberculosis scrofula lupus vulgaris
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