"TB" meaning in English

See TB in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} TB
  1. (sports) Initialism of Tampa Bay (a city in Florida). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Tampa Bay (extra: a city in Florida) Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-TB-en-name-PSmQXrKf Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Noun

Forms: TBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} TB (countable and uncountable, plural TBs)
  1. (pathology) Tuberculosis. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology, Bacterial diseases
    Sense id: en-TB-en-noun-5t3~CyEr Disambiguation of Bacterial diseases: 14 42 11 3 10 6 14 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  2. (baseball) Initialism of total bases. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: total bases Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-TB-en-noun-AS8Z3VlN Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. Abbreviation of throwback. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: throwback
    Sense id: en-TB-en-noun-TTiw~On~
  4. (military, nautical) Initialism of torpedo boat. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: torpedo boat Categories (topical): Military, Nautical
    Sense id: en-TB-en-noun-NjTFSTyn Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 27 6 3 36 7 15 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: MDR-TB [pathology, medicine, sciences], XDR-TB [pathology, medicine, sciences], DR-TB [pathology, medicine, sciences], DS-TB [pathology, medicine, sciences], MTB [military, war, government, politics] Related terms: Mtb [pathology, medicine, sciences]

Symbol

Head templates: {{head|en|symbol|head=}} TB, {{en-symbol}} TB
  1. (computing, formal) Abbreviation of terabyte. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, formal Alternative form of: terabyte Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-TB-en-symbol-YBZu4wZr Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing, informal) Abbreviation of tebibyte. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, informal Alternative form of: tebibyte Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: TiB
    Sense id: en-TB-en-symbol-4yWmqcOD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English symbols Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English symbols: 8 12 15 10 16 7 32 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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