PBS

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Noun

PBS (countable and uncountable, plural PBSs)

  1. (US, biology) Initialism of phosphate-buffered saline: a buffer solution commonly used in biological research.
  2. (management) Initialism of product breakdown structure.
  3. (psychology) Initialism of positive behavior support.

Proper noun

PBS

  1. (Canada, US, television) Initialism of Public Broadcasting Service.
  2. (Malta, broadcasting) Initialism of Public Broadcasting Services.
  3. (Australia) Initialism of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
  4. (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Balto-Slavic.
  5. (literature) Initialism of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
    • 2024 February 17, Erica Wagner, “Kill your darlings”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 2:
      In Chapter 7, she has Victor Frankenstein describe his creation as “handsome”—PBS altered this to “beautiful”, which appears in the final text.

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Malay

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Proper noun

PBS

  1. (Malaysian politics) Initialism of Parti Bersatu Sabah (United Sabah Party).

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