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B : is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.

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Defination from the web:
B, the second letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Includes notes on different meanings and uses of the letter. 

synonyms
  (noun) bacillus
  (noun) B-complex vitamin
  (noun) B complex
  (noun) vitamin B complex
  (noun) vitamin B
  (noun) B vitamin
  (noun) boron
  (noun) atomic number 5
  (noun) Bel
  (noun) barn
  (noun) B
  (noun) type B
  (noun) group B
  (noun) alphabetic character
  (noun) area unit
  (noun) blood group
  (noun) blood type
  (noun) chemical element
  (noun) element
  (noun) eubacteria
  (noun) eubacterium
  (noun) letter
  (noun) letter b
  (noun) letter of the alphabet
  (noun) sound unit
  (noun) square measure
  (noun) true bacteria
  (noun) water-soluble vitamin


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