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/ɛnˈbiː/, U.S. /ˌɛnˈbi/ Chemistry.
The element niobium.
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1879 W. H. Greene tr. A. Wurtz Elements Mod. Chem. 39 (table) Niobium... Nb... 94.
1922 H. J. H. Fenton Notes Qualitative Anal. (ed. 2) 155 Ammonia in presence of ammonium chloride may precipitate Be, Zr, Th, Ce, Ga, In, Ti, Ce, Nd, Pr, (Nb and Ta) and Yttrium earths as hydroxides.
1990 Jrnl. Petrol. 31 1201 A garnet lherzolite source enriched in P2O5, light rare earths, Nb, and other incompatible trace elements.
2001 New Scientist 27 Jan. 103/1 (advt.) To work with Professor Anthony Jones on the development of novel Sr/Ta and Sr/Nb heterometallic alkoxides.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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/ˌɛnˈbiː/, U.S. /ˌɛnˈbi/ ‘Note well’ (used to draw attention to something important in a written text). Also as n.: an instance of the use of this.
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society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > asterisks, etc.
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1651 J. French tr. J. R. Glauber Descr. New Philos. Furnaces 124 N.B. If the black stinking oyle be rectified from the calcined Caput Mortuum, it will be clear and subtle.
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 163 NB. One of these Electors may nominate himself to any office.
1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 224. ⁋5 Of late Years, the N.B. has been much in Fashion.
1755 J. Hervey Theron & Aspasio II. xi. 132 ‘Behold!’ He sets N.B. on the Passage.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 722/1 N.B. At the end of the tube G there is a lens for increasing the density of the rays.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. E. India House 95/1 He..ingeniously added a N.B. at the foot of the whole.
1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. ii. 14 N.B. I dine between twelve and one o'clock.
1861 G. H. Lewes Jrnl. 3–6 June in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1954) III. 424 Reposed awhile and chatted (N.B. all the journey we have had fine talk with Trollope).
1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxix. 496 Pie for sale on the grounds... N.B. This is the first tournament under the new law.
1915 J. Turner Let. July in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 16 N.B. Parcels are forbidden to be carried on our long marches.
1935 A. P. Herbert What a Word! App. I. 240 N.B. Not more than 10 marks will be awarded for any question.
1965 I. Fleming Man with Golden Gun iii. 40 Distinguishing marks: a third nipple about two inches below his left breast. (N.B. in Voodoo and allied local cults this is considered a sign of invulnerability and great sexual prowess.)
1988 V. Bramwell Woman Bk. Beauty & Health vi. 98 NB: Where there are no measurements, eat as much as you like, within reason.
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N.B.
N.B. n. New Brunswick.
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1824 J. C. B. Hart St. Ursula's Convent p. viii List of subscribers... Black, John Jr. Esq... St. Johns, N. B.
1856 E. B. Kelly Autobiogr. xi. 88 I..crossed in the ferry-boat, and made my way down to Fredericton, N.B.
1929 F. W. Wallace Rec. Canad. Shipping 2 Abyssinia, ship, 833 tons. Built 1868, St. John, N.B.
1993 Canad. Geographic Jan. 59 (caption) The tranquil village of Baker Brook, N.B., owes its name to James Baker, a feisty American lumberman who declared the region a republic during the War of 1812.
N.B.
N.B. n. now historical North Britain (i.e. Scotland); North British.
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1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xv. 321 For William Lovel, Esquire, at Mrs Hadoway's, High-street, Fairport, by Edinburgh, N.B.
1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? I. xviii. 145 Castle Reekie, N. B.—Oct. 186–.
1888 Scotsman 8 Feb. 3/6 Chance-lot Feus, convenient to Cars and N.B. and Cal. Railway.
1917 ‘H. Foulis’ Spree in Jimmy Swan 45 Ye have no conception o' my compass on the N.B. Railway oot aboot Slamannan.
1946 Kelly's Handbk. 1664/2 Roxburghe, 9 duke of..., George..Innes-Ker,..Floors Castle, Kelso, N.B.
1969 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers 48 167 Both the G.S.W. and N.B. companies had large shares in the coal..traffic of the Central Scottish lowlands... In Scotland, the Caledonian and N.B. systems..relied heavily upon locally generated traffic.
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