"PPB" meaning in English

See PPB in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} PPB pl (plural only)
  1. Initialism of parts per billion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only Alternative form of: parts per billion
    Sense id: en-PPB-en-noun-au9moaE9 Categories (other): English pluralia tantum
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: PPBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PPB (plural PPBs)
  1. (economics) Initialism of production-possibility boundary. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: production-possibility boundary Categories (topical): Economics Synonyms: PPC [economics, sciences], PPF [economics, sciences]
    Sense id: en-PPB-en-noun-ruNy0BzX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Topics: economics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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