Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation tailback
  • abbreviation terabyte
  • abbreviation trial balance
  • abbreviation tubercle bacillus
  • abbreviation tuberculosis

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  • initialism pathology tuberculosis (short for Tubercle Bacillus)
  • initialism baseball The statistic reporting "Total Bases". A single is counted as one, a double as two, a triple as three, and a home run as four bases.
  • initialism electronics, computing terabyte

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Examples

  • TB and TB* are “strongly analogous” (1993, 429), without offering a specification of how much similarity is required for reduction rather than replacement (Winther forthcoming).

    Reductionism in Biology Brigandt, Ingo 2008

  • Baker has the most I20s in the NFL w / o a TB, and Lloyd is 4th in the league in TB\%.

    Inside the Panthers 2008

  • Baker has the most I20s in the NFL w / o a TB, and Lloyd is 4th in the league in TB\%.

    Inside the Panthers 2008

  • Baker has the most I20s in the NFL w / o a TB, and Lloyd is 4th in the league in TB\%.

    Inside the Panthers 2008

  • Baker has the most I20s in the NFL w / o a TB, and Lloyd is 4th in the league in TB\%.

    Inside the Panthers 2008

  • Baker has the most I20s in the NFL w / o a TB, and Lloyd is 4th in the league in TB\%.

    Inside the Panthers 2008

  • Baker has the most I20s in the NFL w / o a TB, and Lloyd is 4th in the league in TB\%.

    Inside the Panthers 2008

  • Baker has the most I20s in the NFL w / o a TB, and Lloyd is 4th in the league in TB\%.

    Inside the Panthers 2008

  • Baker has the most I20s in the NFL w / o a TB, and Lloyd is 4th in the league in TB\%.

    Inside the Panthers 2008

  • Baker has the most I20s in the NFL w / o a TB, and Lloyd is 4th in the league in TB\%.

    Inside the Panthers 2008

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