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bi

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–adjective, noun, plural bis, bi's.
Slang. bisexual.
Origin:
by shortening
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BI

 
plural BI's.
built-in.

Bi

 
Symbol, Chemistry.
bismuth.

bi-

1 
a combining form meaning “twice,” “two,” used in the formation of compound words: bifacial; bifarious.
Compare bin-.

Origin:
< L, comb. form of bis; see twice

Usage note:
All words except biennial referring to periods of time and prefixed by bi- 1 are potentially ambiguous. Since bi- can be taken to mean either “twice each” or “every two,” a word like biweekly can be understood as “twice each week” or “every two weeks.” To avoid confusion, it is better to use the prefix semi- to mean “twice each” (semiannual; semimonthly; semiweekly) or the phrase twice a or twice each (twice a month; twice a week; twice each year), and for the other sense to use the phrase every two (every two months; every two weeks; every two years).

bi-

2 
var. of bio-, esp. before a vowel: biopsy.

bio-

 
a combining form meaning “life” occurring in loanwords from Greek (biography); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (bioluminescence).
Also, especially before a vowel, bi-.

Origin:
comb. form of Gk bíos life; akin to L vīvus living, Skt jīvas. See quick
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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bi   (bī)   
n.   pl. bis or bi's
A bisexual person.
adj.  Bisexual.
Bi  
The symbol for the element bismuth.
bis·muth   (bĭz'məth)   
n.   Symbol Bi
A white, crystalline, brittle, highly diamagnetic metallic element used in alloys to form sharp castings for objects sensitive to high temperatures and in various low-melting alloys for fire-safety devices. Atomic number 83; atomic weight 208.98; melting point 271.3°C; boiling point 1,560°C; specific gravity 9.747; valence 3, 5. See Table at element.

[Obsolete German Bismuth; see kweit- in Indo-European roots.]
bis'muth·al adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry:  BI
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See business intelligence
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Slang Dictionary
bi

  1. n.
    one of the biceps. (Bodybuilding. Typically BI. Usually plural.) : I have to work on my BIs and then build up my thighs.
  2. mod.
    bisexual. : Suddenly she suspected that she was getting involved in some sort of strange bi activities.
  3. n.
    a bisexual person. : This information of interest only to bis and gays.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bi- 
"two, twice," etc., from L. bi-, from Old L. dvi- (cognate of Gk. di-, O.E. twi-).

bio- 
from Gk. bio-, comb. form of bios "life, course or way of living" (as opposed to zoe "animal life, organic life"), from PIE base *gweie- "to live" (cf. Skt. jivah "alive, living;" O.E. cwic "alive;" L. vivus "living, alive," vita "life;" M.Pers. zhiwak "alive;" O.C.S. zivo "to live;" Lith. gyvas "living, alive;" O.Ir. bethu "life," bith "age;" Welsh byd "world"). The correct usage is that in biography, but in modern science it has been extended to mean "organic life."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: Bi
Function: symbol
bismuth
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Bi
The symbol for the element bismuth.

bi- 2
pref.
Variant of bio-.

bio- or bi-
pref.

  1. Life; living organism: biology.

  2. Biology; biological: biophysics.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

bi networking
The country code for Burundi.
(1999-01-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
bi
Bislama
Bi

  1. bisexual

  2. bismuth

BI

  1. background information

  2. bodily injury

  3. built-in

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Encyclopedia

bi

in art, Chinese jade carved in the form of a flat disk with a hole in the centre. The earliest examples, which are unornamented, date from the Neolithic Period (c. 5000-2000 BC). Later examples, from the Shang (18th-12th century BC) and Zhou dynasties (1111-256/255 BC), have increasingly elaborate surface embellishment, especially in the late Zhou (c. 600-256/255 BC), when the bi appeared in combination with other forms

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