MB - Wiktionary

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mb"

㎆ U+3386, ㎆ SQUARE MB ← ㎅[U+3385] CJK Compatibility ㎇ →[U+3387]

🝫 U+1F76B, 🝫 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BATH OF MARY ← 🝪[U+1F76A] Alchemical Symbols 🝬 →[U+1F76C]

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MB

1. (alchemy, archaic) abbreviation for bath of Mary, balneum mariae

English

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Alternative forms

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• mb (interjection, adverb)

Pronunciation

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• Audio (General Australian):

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MB

1. (computing, formal) Abbreviation of megabyte.
   • 1989, IBM 3390 Direct Access Storage Reference Summary, IBM, page 7:MB equals 106 bytes and GB equals 109 bytes
   • 2024 September 4, Anurag Singh, “Discord lowers free upload limit to 10MB: “Storage management is expensive””, in Dexerto‎[1]:“Unlike other platforms, we store your files for as long as you need them, so it is crucial that we manage our storage sustainably. If you need more upload capacity, Nitro Basic offers a 50MB limit, and Nitro gives you up to 500 MB, so you have options that fit your needs,” the company said on its official support page.
2. (computing, informal) Abbreviation of mebibyte. Synonym: MiB

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MB (plural MBs)

1. (China, slang) moneyboy.
2. (computing) Motherboard.
3. (military, US) Initialism of marine barracks.
4. (Thailand) million baht.
5. Bachelor of Medicine degree (Latin: Medicinae Baccalaureus).

Translations

[edit] Bachelor of Medicine degree moneyboy (Chinese slang)

Chinese: Mandarin: MB (zh) (MB)

megabyte

French: Mo (fr) Georgian: მბაიტი (mbaiṭi), მბ (mb) German: MB (de) Japanese: ㎆ (ja), メガバイト (ja) Russian: Мб (ru) (Mb) Swedish: MB (sv) c

motherboard

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MB

1. Abbreviation of Manitoba: a province of Canada. Coordinate terms: AB, BC, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT
2. Initialism of Myers–Briggs.
   • 1997 January 21, Steve Myers, “jung's 8 vs MB's 16”, in alt.psychology.personality‎[2] (Usenet):For example, Jung described one type as being introverted sensing. InMB terminology, this means that introverted sensing is dominant (ieISxJ types). What MB 'adds' is that this function is supported byextraverted thinking or feeling as the auxiliary. The mapping betweenthe models is:
3. Initialism of Mercedes-Benz.
   • 1994 March 4, Holger Spielmann, “*High* power cars -- Why”, in rec.autos‎[3] (Usenet):Andfor those of us with less $$$, one of the BMW 3-series or MB C class shouldsatisfy all needs.
   • 1999 November 13, Joseph Vogt, “Only Mercedes antifreeze in MB cars?”, in alt.auto.mercedes‎[4] (Usenet):Though I'm not an expert, as a long-term MB owner I have read and beentold that MB coolant is superior because of its buffering properties. Itretains a stable pH for longer than the large commercial brands. I usedto think "propylene glycol is all the same" however others have convincedme it's cheap insurance to go with original MB coolant.
   • 2001 July 12, Dan--, “Hyundia S Coupe”, in aus.cars‎[5] (Usenet):Yeah MB still does make inline sixes just low volumes (mainly forDaewoo). Apart from the Diesel engines they build for trucks and buses.
   • 2009 October 4, [email protected], “Poor MB Build Quality -- Why do you guys still buy MB?”, in alt.auto.mercedes‎[6] (Usenet):I learned part of the reason (at least in USA) started in early 1980's(I think 1982) when MB cars started to be built in USA.
4. Initialism of Matchbox.
   • 1997 September 17, SEDLYTZ, “The new MB are great”, in rec.toys.cars‎[7] (Usenet):Just found a new batch of MB: Green Viper #10, New Viper Hardtop #1, RedProwler #38, BMW #25, plus several others. MB has really done well in 1997.
   • 1998 March 21, Dave Marino, “WTB:MB Prem, Inaug & Regular Cars”, in rec.toys.misc‎[8] (Usenet):I am looking for the following MB cars, please email me if you have anyand the price you are asking:
   • 1998 September 26, Dscdpm, “Are there any Subaru HW or MB cars, any year???”, in rec.toys.cars‎[9] (Usenet):>Are there any Subaru HW or MB cars, any year???Nope, nada. I used to own a Subary Legacy myself and was always looking (stilllooking) for a diecast of the same. No Hotwheels or Matchbox castings havebeen made ... yet

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MB

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of make bobble.
   • 2011, Jane Davis, Knitting - The Complete Guide, page 145:Row 1: K2, MB, k1, do not turn.

Interjection

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MB

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of my bad.

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MB (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of maybe.

Anagrams

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• B&M, BM, bm

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MB

1. (slang) moneyboy; rentboy; male prostitute

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• MFB

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MB

1. (text messaging) abbreviation of mi [fartas] bone (“I am well”)

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MB

1. (computing) abbreviation of megabaiti (“megabyte”)

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MB n

1. (postal) initialism of mottagningsbevis (“advice of delivery, delivery receipt”)