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noun
Alternative form of cab: a former Hebrew unit of volume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, historical
Topics: units-of-measure
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noun
Initialism of knee airbag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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Broader terms: AB, SRS
noun
A guided bomb (GBU), in a Soviet or post-Soviet (especially Russian or Ukrainian) military context.
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History
From Hebrew קב (káv).
In the sense "guided bomb", from Russian КАБ (KAB) or sometimes Ukrainian КАБ (KAB), from Russian корректируемых авиационных бомб (korrektirujemyx aviacionnyx bomb) and Ukrainian корегованих авіаційних бомб (korehovanyx aviacijnyx bomb).
