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A/B

A/B is the initialism of acid-base.

Meaning of acid-base

Adjective

acid-base (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or involving interactions between an acid and a base.
    • an acid-base reaction

Verb

A/B (third-person singular simple present A/Bs, present participle A/Bing, simple past and past participle A/Bed)

  1. To compare two pairs of headphones or earphones by switching between one and the other.
    • Any queries about how it compares to LCD-4, Utopia, 1266/Diana, Susvara et cetera would have to be answered by someone with more experience A-Bing those headphones.2019 December 9, “My (waaay too long) review of the Stax SR-009S”, in Stax Headphones, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2020
    • I briefly tried to use the same set of pads with both however that didn't work out very well from a practical standpoint. Too much time was lost between swapping pads for A/Bing.2022 August 7, “Comparing the HD600 and the HD580: In Pursuit of the Truth”, in audiodiscourse.com, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022

Forms of A/B

third-person singular presentA/Bs
present participleA/Bing
past participleA/Bed
pastA/Bed

Phrases with A/B

Questions about A/B

What does A/B mean?
A/B means to compare two pairs of headphones or earphones by switching between one and the other.
What is A/B the initialism of?
A/B is the initialism of acid-base.
What part of speech is A/B?
A/B is a verb.
What is the past tense of A/B?
The past tense of A/B is A/Bed.

Words near A/B in the dictionary

  1. A.U.S.A.
  2. A.U.S.A.s
  3. A/3C
  4. A/3Cs
  5. a/a
  6. A/B
  7. A/B test
  8. A/B testing
  9. A/B tests
  10. A/B/O
  11. a/c

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Adapted from Wiktionary: A/B (page history and authors); acid-base (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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