tb

1. A metallic element of the rare earth group;
   Used in lasers;
   Occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite (synset 114681745)
   is a type 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.
   substance meronym:

   • apatite - a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus
   • 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
   same as: atomic number 65, terbium
2. Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) (synset 114166897)
   is a type of: infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
   subtypes:

   • pott's disease - TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine
   • miliary tuberculosis - acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream)
   • consumption, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
   • king's evil, scrofula, struma - a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
   • lupus vulgaris - tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars
   same as: t.b., tuberculosis
3. A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits (synset 113651315)
   is a type of: computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory
   has: gb, gbit, gigabit - a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits
   is a part of: pb, pbit, petabit - a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits
   same as: tbit, terabit
4. A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes (synset 113651137)
   is a type of: computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory
   has: g, gb, gigabyte - a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
   is a part of: pb, petabyte - a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes
   same as: terabyte
5. A unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes (synset 113650943)
   is a type of: computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory
   has: g, gb, gib, gibibyte, gigabyte - a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
   is a part of: pb, pebibyte, petabyte, pib - a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes
   same as: tebibyte, terabyte, tib

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