HyperDic: pb

English > 4 senses of the word Pb / PB:
NOUNsubstancePb, lead, atomic number 82a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element
quantityPb, petabit, Pbita unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits
quantityPB, petabytea unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes
quantityPB, petabyte, pebibyte, PiBa unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes
English > Pb: 4 senses > noun 1, substance
MeaningA soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey.
Synonymslead, atomic number 82
Narrowerhard lead, antimonial leadA lead alloy that contains about 5% antimony
hard leadunrefined lead that is hard because of the impurities it contains
pig leadLead that is cast in pigs
Broadermetallic element, metalAny of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
Substance ofcerussite, white lead oreA mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead
galenaSoft blue-grey mineral
Spanishnúmero atómico 82, plomo
Catalannúmero atòmic 82, Pb, plom
English > Pb: 4 senses > noun 2, quantity
MeaningA unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits.
Synonymspetabit, Pbit
Part ofexabit, Ebit, EbA unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits
Partsterabit, Tbit, TbA unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits
Broadercomputer memory unitA unit for measuring computer memory
Spanishpetabit
Catalanpetabit
English > PB: 4 senses > noun 3, quantity
MeaningA unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes.
Synonympetabyte
Part ofexabyte, EBA unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes
Partsterabyte, TBA unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
Broadercomputer memory unitA unit for measuring computer memory
Spanishpetabyte
English > PB: 4 senses > noun 4, quantity
MeaningA unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes.
Synonymspetabyte, pebibyte, PiB
Part ofexabyte, exbibyte, EB, EiBA unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes
Partsterabyte, tebibyte, TB, TiBA unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
Broadercomputer memory unitA unit for measuring computer memory
Spanishpebibyte, petabyte
Catalanpebibyte, petabyte

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