PBS

P3B3S1

A form of pb — To set a new personal best.

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phosphate buffer solution
CommonScrabble 7

Meanings

PBS1

nounPBS (countable and uncountable, plural PBSs)

plural PBSs

  1. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiologyInitialism of phosphate-buffered saline, a buffer solution commonly used in biological research.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemanagementInitialism of product breakdown structure.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehuman sciencesInitialism of positive behavior support.
proper noun
  1. CanadaUSabbreviationinitialismbroadcastingInitialism of Public Broadcasting ServiceFirst known use 1970

    NPR joined PBS in suggesting it will consider legal action against the administration.

    2025 May 2, Brian Stelter, Clay Voytek, “President Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS”, in CNN
  2. MaltaabbreviationinitialismbroadcastingInitialism of Public Broadcasting Services.
  3. AustraliaabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Pharmaceutical Benefits SchemeFirst known use 1948
  4. abbreviationinitialismhuman sciencesInitialism of Proto-Balto-Slavic.
  5. abbreviationinitialismliteratureInitialism of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

    In Chapter 7, she has Victor Frankenstein describe his creation as “handsome”—PBS altered this to “beautiful”, which appears in the final text.

    2024 February 17, Erica Wagner, “Kill your darlings”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

PBs2

noun
  1. pluralplural of PB
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of PB

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna solution containing a phosphate buffer

Similar
phosphate buffer solution

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