Ab

1
[ ahb, ahv ]

noun
  1. Av.

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Other definitions for Ab (2 of 8)

Ab2

Symbol.
  1. Chemistry. alabamine.

  2. Immunology. antibody.

Other definitions for AB (3 of 8)

AB1

abbreviation
  1. Nautical. able seaman.

  1. U.S. Air Force. Airman Basic.

  2. Alberta, Canada (approved for postal use).

  3. antiballistic; antiballistic missile.

Other definitions for AB (4 of 8)

AB2

Symbol, Physiology.
  1. a major blood group usually enabling a person whose blood is of this type to donate blood to persons of type AB and to receive blood from persons of type O, A, B, or AB.

Other definitions for ab- (5 of 8)

ab-

  1. a formal element occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “away from”: abdicate; abolition.

Origin of ab-

5
<Latin ab (preposition and prefix) from, away, cognate with Greek apó,Sanskrit ápa,German ab, English of1, off

Other definitions for ab. (6 of 8)

ab.

abbreviation
  1. about.

  2. Baseball. (times) at bat.

Other definitions for A.B. (7 of 8)

A.B.1

abbreviation

Origin of A.B.

7
<New Latin, Medieval Latin Artium Baccalaureus

Other definitions for A.B. (8 of 8)

A.B.2

abbreviation
  1. Nautical. able seaman.

  2. Baseball. (times) at bat.: Also a.b.

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British Dictionary definitions for Ab (1 of 4)

Ab

/ (æb) /


noun
  1. a variant of Av

British Dictionary definitions for AB (2 of 4)

AB

abbreviation for
  1. Also: a.b. able-bodied seaman

  2. (in the US) Bachelor of Arts

  1. (esp in postal addresses) Alberta (Canada)

symbol for
  1. a human blood type of the ABO group, containing both the A antigen and the B antigen

British Dictionary definitions for ab- (3 of 4)

ab-1

prefix
  1. away from; off; outside of; opposite to: abnormal; abaxial; aboral

Origin of ab-

3
from Latin ab away from

British Dictionary definitions for ab- (4 of 4)

ab-2

prefix
  1. denoting a cgs unit of measurement in the electromagnetic system: abvolt

Origin of ab-

4
abstracted from absolute

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