PBR

See also: PBr. and pbr

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Alternative forms

  • P.B.R., P. B. R.

Proper noun

PBR

  1. Initialism of Professional Bull Riders, a sport, circuit, and company for bull riding.
  2. Initialism of Pabst Blue Ribbon, a brand of beer.

Noun

PBR (countable and uncountable, plural PBRs)

  1. (military, nautical, law enforcement) Initialism of patrol boat, rigid, a type of river patrol boat used by the US Navy during the Vietnam War.
  2. (firearms) Initialism of plastic baton round, a type of non-lethal projectile more commonly known as the plastic bullet.
  3. (firearms) Initialism of point-blank range.
  4. (nuclear physics, engineering) Initialism of pebble-bed reactor.
  5. (computing) Initialism of policy-based routing.
  6. (computer graphics) Initialism of physically based rendering.
  7. (ecology) Initialism of potential biological removal.
  8. (botany, agriculture, horticulture) Initialism of plant breeders' rights.

Etymology 2

From the initials of the three theoreticians to conceived of the theory, Pusey (Matthew Pusey), Barrett (Jonathan Barrett), Rudolph (Terry Rudolph).

Proper noun

PBR

  1. (physics) Short for Pusey-Barrett-Rudolph theorem
    Synonym: Pusey-Barrett-Rudolph theorem

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈbe.ɛr/, [peˈbe.ɛr]

Noun

PBR (plural PBR-PBR)

  1. (economics, finance) initialism of perorangan berpenghasilan rendah (literally “low-income individuals”)

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