YB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does YB mean? 

• YB (noun)
  The noun YB has 4 senses:

1. a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime

2. a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits

3. a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes

4. a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes

  Familiarity information: YB used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 70; Yb; ytterbium

Hypernyms ("Yb" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("Yb" is a substance of...):

gadolinite; ytterbite (a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium)

monazite (a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium)

xenotime (a brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Yb; Ybit; yottabit

Hypernyms ("Yb" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "Yb"):

Zb; Zbit; zettabit (a unit of information equal to 1000 exabits or 10^21 bits)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

YB; yottabyte

Hypernyms ("YB" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "YB"):

ZB; zettabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 exabytes or 10^21 bytes)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

YB; YiB; yobibyte; yottabyte

Hypernyms ("YB" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "YB"):

ZB; zebibyte; zettabyte; ZiB (a unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes)