Bis Definition

bĭs
adverb
Again; twice. Used as a direction to repeat a passage.
American Heritage
Again: repeat the indicated passage: a note to the performer.
Webster's New World

Twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.

Wiktionary
interjection
Used to request an additional performance.
American Heritage
Again; once more.
Webster's New World
prefix
Two. Used especially in chemical nomenclature instead of di- when referring to a complex structural feature.
Bisphenol.
American Heritage
An occasional variant of bi- prefixed to roots beginning with a vowel, as in bisalternate.
Wiktionary
(mathematics, chemistry) A variant of bi-, used for substitutions of two complex rather than simple units.
Bis (η6-arene) metal complexes have been made for many transition metals by the Al/AlCl3 reduction method.
Wiktionary
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Bi-

Webster's New World
noun

Plural form of bi.

Wiktionary

Origin of Bis

  • French or Italian both from Latin dwo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin twice dwo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin bis (“twice”).

    From Wiktionary

Bis Sentence Examples

  • In his book Von Kid bis Kapp (1920) he gives an account of the difficulties which he encountered in getting together an efficient army for home defence.

  • He published Entwicklungsgeschichte der Chemie von Lavoisier bis zur Gegenwart (1868) and other works on chemistry, collaborated in a Handworterbuch der Chemie (13 vols., 1882-96), and wrote a volume of reminiscences, Lebenserinnerungen (1912).

  • On early Christian literature, in addition to the works on Church history, see especially the monumental Geschichte der altchristlichen Litteratur bis Eusebius, by Harnack (1893 ff.).

  • The relations between Poland, Prussia and Livonia are adequately dealt with by two sound German books, Theodor Schiemann's Russland, Polen and Livland bis ins xviii.

  • February Having Then Twenty Nine Days, The 25Th Was The 6Th Of The Calends Of March, Sexto Calendas; The Preceding, Which Was The Additional Or Intercalary Day, Was Called Bis Sexto Calendas, Hence The Term Bissextile, Which Is Still Employed To Distinguish The Year Of 366 Days.

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