 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
AB
noun
1: the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B
antigens [syn: {type AB}, {group AB}]
2: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: {Bachelor of
Arts}, {BA}, {Artium Baccalaurens}]
3: the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the
ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and
August) [syn: {Av}]
4: the muscles of the abdomen [syn: {abdominal}, {abdominal
muscle}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ab- \Ab-\ ([a^]b). [Latin preposition , etymologically the same as E.
of, off. See {Of}.]
A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from,
away, separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract,
abscond. See {A-}(6).
||
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ab \Ab\ ([a^]b), noun [Of Syriac origin.]
The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the
ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil
computation, coinciding nearly with August. --W. Smith.
||
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
A&B
A {bit signaling procedure} used in most {T1}
transmission facilities where one bit from every sixth frame
of each of 24 T1 {subchannels} is used for carrying
{supervisory signaling}.
[What does it stand for? Is this the same as "{bit
robbing}"?]
(1997-05-05)
|
