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Bivalvia
Bivalvia, also known as bivalve molluscs, is a class of mollusks whose two-part hinged shell encloses the soft body; it includes clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops, with about 9,200 species in oceans worldwide.
Bivariate analysis
Bivariate analysis is the simultaneous statistical analysis of two variables to determine whether and how strongly they are related, using correlation, simple regression, or chi-square tests.
Bivariate bicycle code
The bivariate bicycle code is a quantum low-density parity-check code introduced by IBM researchers in 2024, whose gross code encodes 12 logical qubits into 144 data qubits.
Bivector
A bivector is an oriented quantity of grade 2 in exterior algebra, formed as the outer product of two vectors and representing an oriented plane segment.
Biventricular failure
Biventricular failure, ICD-11 code BD14, is failure of both heart ventricles, usually left heart failure causing post-capillary pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular overload; treated with GDMT, CRT, mechanical support, or transplantation.
Biventricular repair
Biventricular repair is a surgical strategy in congenital heart disease that establishes a two-ventricle circulation, used when ventricle size and valve adequacy make it feasible.
Bivouac shelter
Bivouac shelter, or bivy sack (bivouac sack, bivvy bag): a minimal one-person waterproof-breathable shell over a sleeping bag for mountaineering and ultralight camping; adds about 10°F warmth but suffers condensation, unlike tents and tarps.
Biwa Hayahide (ビワハヤヒデ)
Biwa Hayahide (ビワハヤヒデ), Japanese gray Thoroughbred (1990, by Sharrood out of Pacificus), 1993 JRA Horse of the Year; won Kikuka Sho, Tenno Sho Spring, Takarazuka Kinen; 10 wins from 16 starts; half-brother of Triple Crown winner Narita Brian.
Biwi Ho To Aisi (बीवी हो तो ऐसी)
Biwi Ho To Aisi (बीवी हो तो ऐसी) is a 1988 Hindi comedy-drama directed by J.K. Bihari, starring Rekha, Farooq Shaikh, and Bindu, and Salman Khan's first film in a supporting, dubbed-voice role.
Biwi No.1 (बीवी नंबर 1)
Biwi No.1 (बीवी नं 1) is a 1999 Hindi comedy-drama directed by David Dhawan, starring Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Tabu, and Sushmita Sen; a remake of Tamil film Sathi Leelavathi and the second-highest grossing Hindi film of 1999.
Biwu Ma
Biwu Ma (马必武) is a Chinese-born American materials chemist and Full Professor at Florida State University who develops organic metal halide hybrids for light-emitting diodes and X-ray detection.
Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke (Leon Bix Beiderbecke) was a leading American jazz cornetist and composer from Davenport, Iowa, known for his recordings with the Wolverine and Goldkette orchestras.
Bix Caleen
Bix Caleen is a fictional mechanic and salvage-yard owner on Ferrix in the Star Wars series Andor, played by Adria Arjona; Cassian Andor's on-and-off partner, tortured by the ISB in Season 1, recovering from PTSD in Season 2, and last seen with their baby on Mina-Rau.
Bixa
Bixa is a Neotropical plant genus of Bixaceae (Malvales), native Mexico to southern tropical America, with six accepted species; Bixa orellana, the annatto or lipstick tree, yields the apocarotenoid pigment bixin used as food coloring E160b.
Bixa orellana
Bixa orellana, known as annatto, achiote, or the lipstick tree, is a tropical American shrub whose seed coats yield annatto, an orange-red natural food colorant.
Bixafen
Bixafen is a pyrazole-carboxamide SDHI fungicide that inhibits fungal respiration at mitochondrial complex II; developed by Bayer Crop Science, it has protected cereals and oilseed rape since 2011.
Bixalomer
Bixalomer (ASP1585, AMG 223, ILY-101; Kiklin) is a non-calcium, metal-free amine polymer phosphate binder by Astellas/Ilypsa for hyperphosphatemia in hemodialysis, non-inferior to sevelamer HCl and reducing coronary calcification versus calcium carbonate.
Bixby (voice assistant)
Bixby is a virtual assistant developed by Samsung Electronics, introduced in 2017 on the Galaxy S8 and S8+ to control Samsung devices by voice or touch.
Bixby letter
The Bixby letter, also called Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby, is a 139-word condolence letter of November 21, 1864, signed by Abraham Lincoln to Boston widow Lydia Bixby, whose five lost sons claim proved false; stylometric evidence points to John Hay as author.
Bixente Lizarazu
Bixente Lizarazu, born 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, French Basque left-back; 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 winner with France (97 caps); Bayern Munich legend with five Bundesliga titles and the 2001 Champions League; later a TF1 pundit.
Bixiga 70
Bixiga 70 is a ten-piece instrumental band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2010, that mixes Brazilian, Afrobeat, and Latin influences and has played Glastonbury and Rock in Rio.
Bixlozone
Bixlozone (Isoflex active) is an FMC chlorophenyl isoxazolidinone herbicide, HRAC group 13, inhibiting carotenoid biosynthesis via DXS; EU-approved 21 April 2026 to 21 April 2036 for winter cereals, oilseed rape, and maize.
Bixonimania
Bixonimania is a fictitious eye disease invented in 2024 by Almira Osmanovic Thunström of the University of Gothenburg to test AI; chatbots like ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity repeated it as real, and a Cureus paper citing it was retracted.
Biy
Biy (Kazakh: би, бий) was a Kazakh judge, orator, and tribal elder who judged disputes under customary law (adat), holding authority from the 15th century until the 1920s.
Biya Naam
Biya naam (Assamese: বিয়া নাম) are Assamese folk songs sung by women, not professional musicians, at weddings, teasing the couple and narrating the mythical marriages of gods.
Biyang Gucheng
偪阳故城 (Biyang Gucheng): ruins of the Zhou-era Yun-surname state of Biyang at Tai'erzhuang, Zaozhuang, Shandong; 3,293 m walls, destroyed by a Jin-led coalition in 563 BC, later Fuyang county, national heritage site since 2006.
Biyiniao (比翼鸟)
Biyiniao (比翼鸟), also manman or jianjian, is a Chinese mythical bird with one eye and one wing that can fly only paired with its mate; first an omen of floods in the Shan Hai Jing, later a poetic symbol of devoted couples.
Biysk
Biysk (Бийск) is a city in southeastern Altai Krai, Russia, on the Biya River. Founded as a fortress in 1709, it is Altai Krai's second largest city.
Biyun Flowers Farm
Biyun Flowers Farm (碧云花园, Biyun Flower Sea Farm) is a 2001-founded leisure-agriculture flower attraction in Dayun, Jiashan, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, known for azalea heritage, lilies, and Little Altay nickname.
Biyuram Wahge
Biyuram Wahge (born 1965) is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh, a BJP member who is a state minister for Health & Family Welfare and Water Resources.