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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| B |
| second letter of the alphabet. Its Greek correspondent is named beta. It is a usual symbol for a voiced bilabial stop. In musical notation it is used to represent a note in the scale. In chemistry B is the symbol of the element boron. |
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