"VLB" meaning in All languages combined

See VLB on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /viː el biː/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /viː ɛl biː/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation, Received-Pronunciation, also], /vi ɛl bi/ [Canada, General-American, Scotland], /viː ɛ(ː)l biː/ [India] Forms: VLBs [plural]
enPR: vē ĕl bē Head templates: {{en-prop|~}} VLB (countable and uncountable, plural VLBs)
  1. Initialism of Volunteer Life Brigade; (uncountable) the British sea rescue organization; (countable) an establishment of this organization. Wikidata QID: Q16934547 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Volunteer Life Brigade (extra: (uncountable) the British sea rescue organization; (countable) an establishment of this organization)
    Sense id: en-VLB-en-name-en:Q16934547

Noun [English]

IPA: /viː el biː/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /viː ɛl biː/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation, Received-Pronunciation, also], /vi ɛl bi/ [Canada, General-American, Scotland], /viː ɛ(ː)l biː/ [India] Forms: VLBs [plural]
enPR: vē ĕl bē Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} VLB (countable and uncountable, plural VLBs)
  1. (countable, computing) Initialism of VESA Local Bus, an expansion bus for i486 PCs. Wikidata QID: Q225386 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: VESA Local Bus (extra: an expansion bus for i486 PCs) Related terms: VL-Bus [alternative] Coordinate_terms: AGP, EISA, ISA, MCA, PCI, PCIe
    Sense id: en-VLB-en-noun-en:Q225386 Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 45 34 4 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 26 41 27 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 47 29 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 48 37 5 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (countable, electronics) Initialism of very large board, a large printed circuit board. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: very large board (extra: a large printed circuit board) Hypernyms: PCB
  3. (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of vincaleukoblastine, a chemotherapy medication. Wikidata QID: Q282629 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: vincaleukoblastine (extra: a chemotherapy medication)
    Sense id: en-VLB-en-noun-en:Q282629 Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences

Proper name [German]

Forms: VLB [genitive]
Head templates: {{de-prop|f}} VLB f (proper noun, genitive VLB)
  1. initialism of Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei [with Berlin ‘Berlin’] Wikidata QID: Q7907149 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, feminine, initialism, proper-noun Alternative form of: Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei

Inflected forms

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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German feminine nouns",
        "German initialisms",
        "German lemmas",
        "German links with redundant wikilinks",
        "German proper nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "initialism of Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": ":Berlin<Berlin>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with Berlin ‘Berlin’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "Berlin",
              "‘Berlin’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei",
          "w:VLB Berlin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "initialism of Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei [with Berlin ‘Berlin’]"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "de:Q7907149"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "feminine",
        "initialism",
        "proper-noun"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q7907149"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "VLB"
}

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