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YB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes
Synonyms:
YB; yottabyte
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
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 3
Meaning:
A unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
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 4
Meaning:
A soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime
Synonyms:
atomic number 70; Yb; ytterbium
Classified under:
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)
