Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun yb

4 senses of yb

Sense 1
ytterbium, Yb, atomic number 70 -- (a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime)
       => metallic element, metal -- (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Sense 2
yottabit, Ybit, Yb -- (a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits)
       => computer memory unit -- (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Sense 3
yottabyte, YB -- (a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes)
       => computer memory unit -- (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Sense 4
yottabyte, yobibyte, YB, YiB -- (a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes)
       => computer memory unit -- (a unit for measuring computer memory)