Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the four major blood groups in the ABO system. Individuals with this blood group have both A and B antigens on the surface of their red blood cells, and no antibodies for A and B in their blood serum.
- abbreviation able-bodied seaman
- abbreviation able seaman
- abbreviation airman basic
- abbreviation Alberta
- abbreviation Latin Artium Baccalaureus (Bachelor of Arts)
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- abbreviation
Alberta , a province ofCanada . - initialism
Able seaman ; able-bodied seaman - initialism
afterburner . - initialism aid to blind
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airbase - initialism
airborne - initialism airman basic
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antiballistic . - initialism medicine
antibody - initialism artium baccalaureus
- initialism baseball
at bat - noun A
blood type of theABO system that has a both bloodantigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.
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Examples
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Suppose them to be confronted with the problem of proving the entire equality, by the Euclidean method, of the triangles ABC and abc (Fig. 4), when it is granted that the side AB is equal to the side ab, AC is equal to ac, and the angle CAB is equal to the angle cab.
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The integrated dictionary is a text file listing common character combinations, such as a, ab, 123, 4, AB, etc.
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The integrated dictionary is a text file listing common character combinations, such as a, ab, 123, 4, AB, etc.
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The distance between _ab_ is equal to AB, or the width of the crossing.]
The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Randolph Barnes Marcy 1849
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My European company, Orbital Satellite Services AB is already constructing a quite capable Hall thruster powered tug that is based upon the SMART-1 bus.
Astronauts Once Again Demonstrate Why Humans Must be a Part of Space Exploration - NASA Watch 2009
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I can, however tell you that AB is absolutely freaking awesome!!
What I've been doing this morning... Nalini Singh 2009
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AB is right, everybody is on pins and needles, especially Acorn.
*How* much trouble is ACORN in right now? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Type AB is supposed to be the best type, so is it modesty preventing a lot of people admitting a strong relationship?
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And no matter how you feel about their beer, AB is a great corporate partner for the city.
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And no matter how you feel about their beer, AB is a great corporate partner for the city.
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