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Ab

1

[ ahb, ahv ]

noun

  1. Av.


AB

2

abbreviation for

  1. Nautical. able seaman.
  2. U.S. Air Force. Airman Basic.
  3. Alberta, Canada (approved for postal use).
  4. antiballistic; antiballistic missile.

A.B.

3

abbreviation for

Ab

4
Symbol.
  1. Chemistry. alabamine.
  2. Immunology. antibody.

AB

5
Symbol, Physiology.
  1. a major blood group usually enabling a person whose blood is of this type to donate blood to persons of type AB and to receive blood from persons of type O, A, B, or AB.

A.B.

6

abbreviation for

  1. Nautical. able seaman.
  2. Baseball. (times) at bat. Also a.b.

ab-

7
  1. a formal element occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “away from”:

    abdicate; abolition.

ab.

8

abbreviation for

  1. about.
  2. Baseball. (times) at bat.

AB

1

abbreviation for

  1. Alsoa.b. able-bodied seaman
  2. (in the US) Bachelor of Arts
  3. (esp in postal addresses) Alberta (Canada)
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symbol for

  1. a human blood type of the ABO group, containing both the A antigen and the B antigen
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Ab

2

/ ĂŠČú /

noun

  1. a variant of Av
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ab-

3

prefix

  1. away from; off; outside of; opposite to

    abaxial

    abnormal

    aboral

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ab-

4

prefix

  1. denoting a cgs unit of measurement in the electromagnetic system

    abvolt

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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Ab1

< New Latin, Medieval Latin Artium Baccalaureus

Origin of Ab2

< Latin ab (preposition and prefix) from, away, cognate with Greek Čč±èĂł, Sanskrit ĂĄ±èČč, German ab, English of 1, off
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Ab1

from Latin ab away from

Origin of Ab2

abstracted from absolute

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