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PBR en · NOUN · etymology 1

Abbreviation.

(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of patrol boat, rigid, a type of river patrol boat used by the US Navy during the Vietnam War.
alt of patrol boat
alt of rigid
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of plastic baton round, a type of non-lethal projectile more commonly known as the plastic bullet.
alt of plastic baton round
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of point-blank range.
alt of point-blank range
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:nuclear physics, uncountable) Initialism of pebble-bed reactor.
alt of pebble-bed reactor
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of policy-based routing.
alt of policy-based routing
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of physically based rendering.
alt of physically based rendering
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of potential biological removal.
alt of potential biological removal
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of plant breeders' rights.
alt of plant breeders' rights

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Abbreviation.

(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Professional Bull Riders, a sport, circuit, and company for bull riding.
alt of Professional Bull Riders
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Pabst Blue Ribbon, a brand of beer.
alt of Pabst Blue Ribbon
- “All she gets is PBR and vodka. Not even the good kind of vodka,” Meleika says. 2020, Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best, →ISBN:
- As he drank the PBR, he tried to keep his hands from shaking. 2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 46:

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

(abbreviation, alt-of) Short for Pusey-Barrett-Rudolph theorem
alt of Pusey-Barrett-Rudolph theorem