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B0570300 (bŭs) n. pl. bus·es or bus·ses 1. A long motor vehicle for carrying passengers, usually along a fixed route. 2. Informal A large or ungainly automobile. 3. A four-wheeled cart for carrying dishes in a restaurant. 4. Electricity A bus bar. 5. Computers A parallel circuit that connects the major components of a computer, allowing the transfer of electric impulses from one connected component to any other. v. bused, bus·ing, bus·es or bussed , bus·sing , bus·ses v. tr. 1. To transport in a bus. 2. To transport (schoolchildren) by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial integration. 3. a. To carry or clear (dishes) in a restaurant. b. To clear dishes from (a table). v. intr. 1. To travel in a bus. 2. To work as a busboy. Idiom: throw (someone) under the bus To sacrifice or betray (another) for one's own gain or in order to save oneself: "That is no reason ... for a principled President to throw a large section of the country's labor force under the bus" (Steve Coll).

[Short for omnibus. V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from busboy.]

bus

(bʌs) n, pl buses or busses1. (Automotive Engineering) a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers between stopping places along a regular route. More formal name: omnibus Sometimes called: motorbus 2. (Automotive Engineering) short for trolleybus3. (modifier) of or relating to a bus or buses: a bus driver; a bus station. 4. informal a car or aircraft, esp one that is old and shaky5. (Electronics) electronics computing short for busbar6. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the part of a MIRV missile payload containing the re-entry vehicles and guidance and thrust devices7. (Astronautics) astronautics a platform in a space vehicle used for various experiments and processes8. miss the bus to miss an opportunity; be too late9. throw someone under the bus chiefly US to expose someone to an unpleasant fate, esp in order to save oneselfvb, buses, busing, bused, busses, bussing or bussed10. to travel or transport by bus11. (Sociology) chiefly US and Canadian to transport (children) by bus from one area to a school in another in order to create racially integrated classes[C19: short for omnibus]

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n., pl. bus•es, bus•ses, n. 1. a large, long-bodied motor vehicle equipped with seating for passengers, usu. operating as part of a scheduled service. 2. a similar horse-drawn vehicle. 3. a passenger automobile or airplane used in a manner resembling that of a bus. 4. a heavy bar of copper or other conducting material, used to collect, carry, and distribute powerful electric currents. 5. a circuit that connects the CPU with other devices in a computer. v.t. 6. to convey or transport by bus. 7. to transport (pupils) to school by bus, esp. as a means of achieving racial integration. v.i. 8. to travel on or by means of a bus. [1825–35; short for omnibus]

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v.i., v.t. bused bussed, bus•ing bus•sing. to work as a busboy or busgirl. [1885–90; back formation from busboy]

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A bus is a large motor vehicle that carries passengers by road from one place to another.

I'm waiting for the bus back to town.

In Britain, a comfortable bus that carries passengers on long journeys is called a coach.

The coach leaves Cardiff at twenty to eight.

In America, a vehicle designed for long journeys is usually called a bus.

He took a bus from New York to Seattle.

bus

Past participle: bused/bussed
Gerund: busing/bussing

Imperative
bus
bus

Present
I bus
you bus
he/she/it buses/busses
we bus
you bus
they bus

Preterite
I bused/bussed
you bused/bussed
he/she/it bused/bussed
we bused/bussed
you bused/bussed
they bused/bussed

Present Continuous
I am busing/bussing
you are busing/bussing
he/she/it is busing/bussing
we are busing/bussing
you are busing/bussing
they are busing/bussing

Present Perfect
I have bused/bussed
you have bused/bussed
he/she/it has bused/bussed
we have bused/bussed
you have bused/bussed
they have bused/bussed

Past Continuous
I was busing/bussing
you were busing/bussing
he/she/it was busing/bussing
we were busing/bussing
you were busing/bussing
they were busing/bussing

Past Perfect
I had bused/bussed
you had bused/bussed
he/she/it had bused/bussed
we had bused/bussed
you had bused/bussed
they had bused/bussed

Future
I will bus
you will bus
he/she/it will bus
we will bus
you will bus
they will bus

Future Perfect
I will have bused/bussed
you will have bused/bussed
he/she/it will have bused/bussed
we will have bused/bussed
you will have bused/bussed
they will have bused/bussed

Future Continuous
I will be busing/bussing
you will be busing/bussing
he/she/it will be busing/bussing
we will be busing/bussing
you will be busing/bussing
they will be busing/bussing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been busing/bussing
you have been busing/bussing
he/she/it has been busing/bussing
we have been busing/bussing
you have been busing/bussing
they have been busing/bussing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been busing/bussing
you will have been busing/bussing
he/she/it will have been busing/bussing
we will have been busing/bussing
you will have been busing/bussing
they will have been busing/bussing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been busing/bussing
you had been busing/bussing
he/she/it had been busing/bussing
we had been busing/bussing
you had been busing/bussing
they had been busing/bussing

Conditional
I would bus
you would bus
he/she/it would bus
we would bus
you would bus
they would bus

Past Conditional
I would have bused/bussed
you would have bused/bussed
he/she/it would have bused/bussed
we would have bused/bussed
you would have bused/bussed
they would have bused/bussed

bus

Tracks along which data is moved about the computer.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bus - a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work"double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, autobus, charabanc, passenger vehicle, omnibus, coachminibus - a light bus (4 to 10 passengers)public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freightroof - protective covering on top of a motor vehicleschool bus - a bus used to transport children to or from schooltrackless trolley, trolley coach, trolleybus - a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wireswindow - a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being openedfleet - group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownershippassenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
	2.	bus - the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbarbus topologynetwork topology, topology - the configuration of a communication network
	3.	bus - an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits; "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system"busbarcomputer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automaticallyconductor - a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.LAN, local area network - a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between officespower plant, power station, powerhouse - an electrical generating station
	4.	bus - a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus"jalopy, heapauto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"dysphemism - an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one; "his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter"
Verb	1.	bus - send or move around by bus; "The children were bussed to school"transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
	2.	bus - ride in a busride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"
	3.	bus - remove used dishes from the table in restaurantstake away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"

Translations

公共汽车长途客车乘公车

bus

(bas) noun a large road vehicle for carrying passengers. He came by bus.公共汽车 verb – present participle ˈbus(s)ing: past tense, past participle bus(s)ed – to carry by bus. 乘公车bus stop a place where buses stop to let passengers on or off. 公共汽车站

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[Lat. omnibus=for all], large public conveyance. A horse-drawn urban omnibus was introduced in Paris in 1662 by Blaise Pascal and his associates, but it remained in operation for only a few years. The omnibus reappeared c.1812 in Bordeaux, France, and afterward in Paris (c.1827), London (1829), and New York City (1830). It often carried passengers both inside and on the roof. Buses were motorized early in the 20th cent.; motorbus transportation increased rapidly and is now used in most countries. A number of railroad companies operate subsidiary bus lines. A network of bus lines links all parts of the United States; many small cities and towns which have lost rail service in recent years are served only by bus lines. Buses are powered usually by gasoline or diesel engines, but in a few cities electric motors fed from overhead wires are used. The construction of small buses is similar to that of heavy automobiles, while the construction of large buses is similar to that of heavy trucks. Some large cities now use articulated buses, which can seat more than 60 passengers; such buses are constructed in two parts and joined, or articulated, with an accordian–style sleeve.

Bus

a public motor vehicle intended for carrying nine or more passengers. The first buses appeared at the beginning of the 20th century and by World War I were already in comparatively wide use. Regular bus transit routes in Moscow were inaugurated in 1924.

Buses are classified according to their service as urban, suburban, intercity (tourist), local, and general purpose. Urban buses have a passenger area with several doors for entry and exit, a limited seating capacity, a wide central aisle, and spacious “collector” platforms near the doors. Urban buses are capable of quick acceleration, which ensures a comparatively high average speed despite frequent stops. Suburban buses have a smaller center aisle and collector platforms, resulting in a greater seating capacity. In the passenger area of intercity (tourist) buses, hard or soft (sleeping) seats are installed. Equipped with heaters and ventilators, some of these buses also have a cloakroom, refrigerator, and rest room. The luggage space is located beneath the floor of the passenger area. The design of such buses must provide for high-speed travel. Local buses are used for carrying passengers along regional and interregional routes, primarily in rural areas. These buses are provided with strengthened bodies and working parts, with increased road clearance, and sometimes with drives on two or three axles.

The capacity of the bus depends on its overall dimensions, primarily its length. The length classifications accepted in the USSR are 5 meters, very small; 7.5 meters, small; 8.5 and 9.5 meters, medium; 11 meters, large; 12 meters, very large; and 16.5 meters, articulated. A variation of plus or minus 0.5 meters in length is permitted in design. Articulated buses consist of two sections, connected by flexible joints, which have a common passenger compartment. Double-decker and split-level buses have found some use in urban transportation abroad. The capacity of 7.5–meter buses varies from 35 to 40 people and of 12–meter buses from 110 to 120 people. Articulated buses can accomodate up to 160 people. The lower limit of maximum speed is established according to the buses’ classifications: 70 km/hr for urban, 80 km/hr for suburban and local, and 100 km/hr for intercity. Operating requirements also dictate that, depending on classification and length, the acceleration time from zero to the indicated maximum speed must not exceed 40–55 seconds for urban, 50–65 seconds for suburban, and 70–90 seconds for intercity buses (see Table 1).

Table 1. Technical characteristics of some bus models in use in the USSR
		Capacity			Power rating
Bus	Overall length (meters)	seated	total at peak hour	Maximum speed (km/hr)	kilowatts	horsepower	Fuel consumption (liters/100 km)
* Articulated bus
RAF-977D ..............	4.9	10	—	110	55	75	12.0
KAVZ-651 ............	6.2	20	24	70	52	70	22.0
PAZ-652 ..............	7.2	23	42	80	66	90	21.0
PAZ-672 ................	7.3	23	45	80	85	115	20.5
LIAZ-158V ..............	9.0	32	60	65	80	109	37.0
LiAZ-677 ...............	10.5	25	80(110)	70	132	180	45.0
LAZ-695E ...............	9.2	32	55	75	110	150	36.0
LAZ-698 ................	9.7	26	67(92)	76	132	180	35.0
lkarus-180* (Hungary) ....	16.5	35	119(172)	67	147	200	24.4

The body may be of truck or coach type, the latter being more prevalent. The coach body usually serves as the load-bearing structure on which the engine, transmission box, and front and rear axles are mounted.

The engine may be mounted in front, in the center under the floor of the passenger area, or in the rear. The drive is usually through the rear axle. Some very high-maneuverability buses have four-wheel drive.

Automatic transmissions are being more frequently installed in urban and suburban buses. Buses with conventional transmissions and engines mounted centrally or in the rear employ remote control of the clutch and transmission. Buses are beginning to be equipped with compressed-air suspensions using rubber-ply bellows which, in addition to a smoother ride, help maintain an even floor and footboard level regardless of load. Medium and large buses are equipped with power steering, which substantially reduces the force required to turn the steering wheel. The foot brake mechanism to the front and rear axles of medium and large buses is pneumatic or air-over-hydraulic; the axles as a rule have separate systems. Very small buses are equipped with hydraulic brakes; small buses have compressed-air or vacuum-boosted hydraulic brakes. Some buses, especially intercity ones, employ decelerator brakes.

REFERENCES

Plekhanov, I. P. Tekhniko-ekspluatatsionnye trebovaniia k avtobusam. Moscow, 1967.
Kratkii avtomobil’nyi spravochnik. Moscow, 1968.

Bus

(bus bar), a copper, aluminum, or, less often, steel electrical conductor, usually rectangular or circular in cross section, used to handle large currents, for example, in switchgear.

What does it mean when you dream about a bus?

Because of our early experiences with school buses, as well as the widespread availability of buses as public transportation, buses can have a wide variety of individual associations. Also, buses may simply be stages for other kinds of dream scenarios (i.e., they do not necessarily have a symbolic meaning). In and of themselves, and especially in contrast to more individualized means of transportation such as automobiles, buses may represent collective action, or even going along with the crowd.

bus

[bəs] (aerospace engineering) A spacecraft or missile that is designed to carry one or more separable devices, such as probes or warheads. (computer science) The circuitry and wiring connecting the various components of a computer through which data are transmitted; for example, in a personal computer the system bus interconnects the CPU, memory, and input/output devices. (electricity) A set of two or more electric conductors that serve as common connections between load circuits and each of the polarities (in direct-current systems) or phases (in alternating-current systems) of the source of electric power. busbar (electronics) One or more conductors in a computer along which information is transmitted from any of several sources to any of several destinations. (engineering) A motor vehicle for carrying a large number of passengers.

bus

1. A busbar. 2. A heavy, rigid electrical conductor that serves as a common connection between the source of electric power and the load circuits.

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1. a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers between stopping places along a regular route 2. short for trolleybus
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(architecture)One of the sets of conductors (wires, PCBtracks or connections in an integrated circuit) connectingthe various functional units in a computer. There arebusses both within the CPU and connecting it to externalmemory and peripheral devices. The data bus, address busand control signals, despite their names, really constitute asingle bus since each is useless without the others.

The width of the data bus, i.e. the number of parallelconnectors, and its clock rate determine its data rate (thenumber of bytes per second which it can carry). This is oneof the factors limiting a computer's performance. Mostcurrent microprocessors have 32-bit busses both internallyand externally. 100 or 133 megahertz bus clock rates arecommon. The bus clock is typically slower than the processorclock.

Some processors have internal busses which are wider thantheir external busses (usually twice the width) since thewidth of the internal bus affects the speed of all operationsand has less effect on the overall system cost than the widthof the external bus.

Various bus designs have been used in the PC, includingISA, EISA, Micro Channel, VL-bus and PCI. Otherperipheral busses are NuBus, TURBOchannel, VMEbus, MULTIBUS andSTD bus.

Some networks are implemented as a bus at the physical layer, e.g. Ethernet - a one-bit bus operating at 10 (orlater 100) megabits per second.

The term is almost certainly derived from the electricalengineering term "bus bar" - a substantial, rigid power supplyconductor to which several connections are made. This wasonce written "'bus bar" as it was a contraction of "omnibusbar" - a connection bar "for all", by analogy with thepassenger omnibus - a conveyance "for all".

More on derivation.

bus

A shared digital pathway between resources and devices. In a computer, there are two major types: the system bus and peripheral bus. The system bus, also known as the "frontside bus" or "local bus," is the internal path from the CPU to memory and is split into address bus and data bus subsets. Addresses are sent over the address lines to signal a memory location, and data are transferred over the data lines to that location.

System buses transfer data in parallel. In a 32-bit bus, data are sent over 32 wires simultaneously. A 64-bit bus uses 64 wires.

Peripheral Buses
The peripheral bus is the pathway to the peripheral devices such as a disk or printer. PCI and PCI Express are widely used peripheral buses. Devices connect to these parallel buses with cables to controller cards that plug into slots on the motherboard. Another common bus is USB, and devices are cabled to ports on the computer. USB is a serial bus, in which data travels over one wire.

Other peripheral buses have been used, including ISA, EISA, Micro Channel, VL-bus, NuBus, TURBOchannel, VMEbus, MULTIBUS and STD bus. The CAN bus and FlexRay bus are automotive buses.

Why Is It Called a Bus?
Inaccurate naming. Electronic buses are shared pathways, in which all devices receive the same signals. They do not function like a passenger bus that makes prescribed stops, one after the other. The data transfer technology similar to a passenger bus is a ring network (see Token Ring). See bus network, software bus, serial bus, PCI, PCI Express, USB and AGP.

System and Peripheral Buses

This illustration shows how chips, memory and peripherals in a PC interconnect via the system bus (top) and peripheral buses (AGP, PCI and PCI Express).

Bus

(dreams)In order to interpret the dream with a bus ride in it, the dreamer should make associations in regard to buses. The dream has very specific meaning depending on the individual’s experiences on school buses, public transportation vehicles, special family trips, etc. At times the content of the dream may be more important than the actual setting. If the setting is secondary, then examine the other details of the dream more closely. However, if the bus, or the bus ride, was a focal point of the dream consider the value that it holds for you. Does this dream say something about your ability to “fit in” and join a group effort, project, or trip? Do you function well in group settings? Are you a leader or a follower in such situations, and what is your comfort level? This dream could also reflect a part of your life (or the journey of your life) that involved many other people who seemed to be on a same path. It could be your family, friends, schoolmates, or co-workers.

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noun a vehicle carrying many passengers

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noun the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar

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noun an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits

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noun a car that is old and unreliable

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verb send or move around by bus

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verb ride in a bus

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verb remove used dishes from the table in restaurants

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