SB
Encyclopedia
SB or Sb may refer to:
  • Spina bifida
    Spina bifida
    Spina bifida is a developmental congenital disorder caused by the incomplete closing of the embryonic neural tube. Some vertebrae overlying the spinal cord are not fully formed and remain unfused and open. If the opening is large enough, this allows a portion of the spinal cord to protrude through...

  • S.B., Scientiæ Baccalaureus or Bachelor of Science, an academic degree
  • Senate Bill, especially when quoting a bill's code (e.g. "SB 1234")
  • Sonderbehandlung
    Sonderbehandlung
    Sonderbehandlung is a German noun meaning special treatment in English, also existing as a verb: sonderbehandeln . While it can refer to any sort of preferential treatment, it is known primarily as a euphemism used by Nazi functionaries and the SS for murder...

    , a German euphemism used during the Nazi era denoting murder

Science

  • Sb, antimony
    Antimony
    Antimony is a toxic chemical element with the symbol Sb and an atomic number of 51. A lustrous grey metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite...

    's chemical symbol
  • sb, stilb (luminance), a unit of luminance
  • SB, Barred spiral galaxy
    Barred spiral galaxy
    A barred spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with a central bar-shaped structure composed of stars. Bars are found in approximately two-thirds of all spiral galaxies...

  • SB1 and SB2, designations for spectroscopic binary stars

Sport and games

  • Super Bowl
    Super Bowl
    The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...

    , the National Football League championship game
  • Stolen base
    Stolen base
    In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the pitcher is delivering the ball to home plate...

    , an event in baseball
  • Nike SB, a line of skateboarding shoes by Nike

Police and military

  • Special Branch
    Special Branch
    Special Branch is a label customarily used to identify units responsible for matters of national security in British and Commonwealth police forces, as well as in the Royal Thai Police...

    , a division of UK and some Commonwealth countries' police services
  • Służba Bezpieczeństwa, the former Polish secret police
  • Special Warfare Boat Operator
    Special Warfare Boat Operator
    Special Warfare Boat Operator is a United States Navy occupational rating.Special Warfare Boat Operators drive fast speedboats down narrow, winding rivers, or the open ocean while performing; High speed, medium range, all weather insertion/extraction of Special Operations Forces, maritime...

    , a United States Navy occupational rating

Places

  • Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

    ' ISO 3166 country code
    • .sb
      .sb
      .sb is the Internet country code top-level domain for Solomon Islands. Registry services are operated by the Solomon Islands Network Information Centre which has appointed TPP Internet for international registrants.-2nd Level domains:...

      , Internet country code top-level domain for Solomon Islands
      Solomon Islands
      Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon's FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code
  • San Bernardino, California
    San Bernardino, California
    San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...

  • Santa Barbara, California
    Santa Barbara, California
    Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...

  • Stony Brook, New York
    Stony Brook, New York
    Stony Brook is a hamlet located in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, which is on the North Shore of Long Island...


Transportation

  • Tupolev SB
    Tupolev SB
    The Tupolev ANT-40, also known by its service name Tupolev SB , and development co-name TsAGI-40, was a high speed twin-engined three-seat monoplane bomber, first flown in 1934....

    , a Soviet bomber of World War II
  • Aircalin
    Aircalin
    Société Aircalin, also known as Air Calédonie International, is the international airline of New Caledonia. It operates scheduled services to 10 regional destinations, including Japan. Its main base is La Tontouta International Airport...

    's IATA code
  • South Buffalo Railway
    South Buffalo Railway
    The South Buffalo Railway operates more than fifty miles of railway lines along the southeast shore of Lake Erie. South Buffalo connects to CSX, Norfolk Southern, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian National Railway.-Historical connections:...

    's reporting code
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