BI
\bˈa͡ɪ], \bˈaɪ], \b_ˈaɪ]\
Definitions of BI
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably.
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In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably.
By Noah Webster.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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An old form of the Anglo-Saxon prefix now usually written be; as, bifore, bi forn=before; bigan=began; biheste=behest; biside, bisyde=beside; bitweene=between; etc. Chaucer.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A common prefix, meaning two, twice, double, in two. Note.-When compounds beginning with bi are not found, mark the meaning of bi, and turn to the principal word.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
