bt

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noun

Bacillus thuringiensis, a species of bacteria used for biological control of insects.

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BartB. thuringiensisBacillus thuringiensis
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Meanings

bt1

conjunction
  1. InternetabbreviationAbbreviation of but.

BT2

nounBT (countable and uncountable, plural BTs)

plural BTs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of blood test.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablelawInitialism of bench trial.
  3. JudaismabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of baal teshuva.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of botulinum toxin.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of bluetongue (“disease of ruminants”).
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of British Telecom.
  2. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of BitTorrent.
  3. abbreviationbusinessAbbreviation of Bluetooth.
  4. abbreviationAbbreviation of Banten: a province of Indonesia.

Bt3

nounBt (usually uncountable, plural Bts)

plural Bts · alternative Bt. · alternative B.t. · alternative BT · alternative BT

  1. abbreviationuncountableusuallyAbbreviation of baronet, a title used after a holder's surname.

    Sir John Spencer-Smith, Bt

    Synonyms: Bart

  2. uncountableusuallyagricultureBacillus thuringiensis, a species of bacteria used for biological control of insects.

    Synonyms: B. thuringiensis, Bacillus thuringiensis

    1. abbreviationellipsisuncountableusuallyagricultureEllipsis of Bt toxin.

      Synonyms: B. thuringiensis, Bacillus thuringiensis

  3. abbreviationinitialismuncountableusuallybacteriologyInitialism of botulinum toxin.
  4. abbreviationuncountableusuallychemistryAbbreviation of biotite.

    (A) Plane-polarized light and (B) back-scattered electron (BSE) images. The pseudomorph (Crd) is made up of Grt + Qtz + Ky rodlets + micas flakes (mainly biotite, Bt).

    2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, in Photo Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 88

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAbbreviation of baronet, a title used after a holder's surname.

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nounBacillus thuringiensis, a species of bacteria used for biological control of insects.

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B. thuringiensisBacillus thuringiensis

nounEllipsis of Bt toxin.

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B. thuringiensisBacillus thuringiensis
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APA

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MLA

“bt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bt.

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