CBD
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CBD is an abbreviation for central business district
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CBD may also refer to:
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
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CBD may also refer to:
- CBD A/S, an Industrial Design and Engineering consultancy in Copenhagen, Denmark
- CBD-FMCBD-FM-External links:** at Canadian Communications Foundation...
, a radio station in Saint John, Canada - CBD MediaCBD MediaCBD Media LLC is the directory publishing and advertising division of Cincinnati Bell, Inc. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, its President & CEO is Doug A. Myers....
, the directory and advertising division of Cincinnati Bell - CannabidiolCannabidiolCannabidiol is a cannabinoid found in Cannabis. It is a major constituent of the plant, representing up to 40% in its extracts.It has displayed sedative effects in animal tests...
, a cannabinoid found in cannabis - Car Nicobar Air Force BaseCar Nicobar Air Force BaseCar Nicobar Air Force Base is located at Car Nicobar in the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 02/20 with a concrete surface measuring .-External links:* at...
, the IATA code for the airport in India - Cecil B. DeMilleCecil B. DeMilleCecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...
, film director and producer - Center for Biological DiversityCenter for Biological DiversityThe Center for Biological Diversity based in Tucson, Arizona, is a nonprofit membership organization with approximately 220,000 members and online activists, known for its work protecting endangered species through legal action and scientific petitions...
, an organization advocating for the protection of endangered species - Chemical bath depositionChemical bath depositionThe chemical bath deposition method is one of the cheapest methods to deposit thin films and nanomaterials, as it does not depend on expensive equipment and is a scalable technique that can be employed for large area batch processing or continuous deposition. In 1933 Bruckman deposited PbS thin...
, a technique for depositing thin films onto surfaces - Common bile ductCommon bile ductThe common bile duct is a tube-like anatomic structure in the human gastrointestinal tract. It is formed by the union of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct . It is later joined by the pancreatic duct to form the ampulla of Vater...
, a structure in the human gastrointestinal tract - Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição, the trading name of Grupo Pão de Açúcar, a Brazilian company
- Component-based development or component-based software engineeringComponent-based software engineeringComponent-based software engineering is a branch of software engineering that emphasizes the separation of concerns in respect of the wide-ranging functionality available throughout a given software system...
- Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (Brazilian Sport Confederation), predecessor of the Brazilian Football ConfederationBrazilian Football ConfederationThe Brazilian Football Confederation is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on June 8, 1914, as Confederação Brasileira de Desportos , meaning Brazilian Sports Confederation. Its first president was Álvaro Zamith. It organizes the Brazilian national competitions, like...
, the national governing body for soccer in Brazil - Convention on Biological DiversityConvention on Biological DiversityThe Convention on Biological Diversity , known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is an international legally binding treaty...
, an international treaty - Corticobasal degenerationCorticobasal degenerationCorticobasal degeneration or Corticobasal Ganglionic Degeneration is a rare progressive neurodegenerative disease involving the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia. It is characterized by marked disorders in movement and cognitive dysfunction...
, a Parkinson plus syndrome - Carbohydrate-binding domain, now known as carbohydrate-binding moduleCarbohydrate-binding moduleIn molecular biology, a carbohydrate-binding module is a protein domain found in carbohydrate-active enzymes . The majority of these domains have carbohydrate-binding activity. Some of these domains are found on cellulosomal scaffoldin proteins. CBMs were previously known as cellulose-binding...
- Chaddi Banian Dhari, referring to a tribe of dacoits operating in Gujarat usually dressed in nothing but a brief (chaddi) and a sleeveless vest (banian). Since they began to operate in cities and their crimes were often reported as CBD crimes in newspapers a second usage has emerged. Journalists known to be freeloaders are also referred to as CBD.