All articles starting with B

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater State University (BSU), public university in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, founded 1840 by Horace Mann as Bridgewater State Normal School, third normal school in Massachusetts and the nation; 10,349 students, six colleges, Massachusetts's leading producer of teachers.

Bridgewater Triangle

The Bridgewater Triangle is a 200-square-mile area of southeastern Massachusetts, apexes Abington, Freetown, and Rehoboth, named by Loren Coleman in 1983, centered on Hockomock Swamp and the Freetown-Fall River State Forest and their reported paranormal phenomena.

Bridging oxygen

A bridging oxygen is an oxygen atom in an oxide glass bonded to two network-forming cations such as silicon, linking structural units into a continuous network.

Bridgit Mendler

Bridgit Mendler (born 1992), American actress, singer, and entrepreneur; star of Good Luck Charlie and Lemonade Mouth, debut album Hello My Name Is..., now cofounder and CEO of satellite ground station startup Northwood Space.

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Bridgman (lunar crater)

Bridgman is an 81.89-km-diameter impact crater on the Moon's farside, centered near 43.4°N, 137.0°E, named for American physicist Percy Williams Bridgman (1882–1961).

Bridgmanite

Bridgmanite is magnesium silicate perovskite, (Mg,Fe)SiO3, the most abundant mineral on Earth, dominating its lower mantle. It was named in 2014 for physicist Percy Bridgman.

Bridlington

Bridlington is a seaside town, port, and parish on the East Riding of Yorkshire coast, the county's largest town. Known historically as Burlington, it centers on its medieval priory, working harbour, Old Town conservation area, and ongoing regeneration.

Brie

Brie: French soft cow's-milk cheese with a bloomy white rind from the Brie region near Paris; Brie de Meaux and Brie de Melun hold AOC (1980) and PDO protection, made from raw milk with at least 45% fat in dry matter.

Brie Bella

Brie Bella, ring name of Brie Garcia, WWE wrestler and twin of Nikki Bella; Divas Champion 2011, Hall of Fame 2020, retired 2019, returned 2026 and won Women's Tag Team Title with Paige at WrestleMania 42.

Brie Larson

Brie Larson (Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers), American actress born 1989 in Sacramento; Oscar winner for Room (2015), Marvel's Captain Marvel, director of Unicorn Store, star of Lessons in Chemistry.

BRIEF (computer vision)

BRIEF (Binary Robust Independent Elementary Features) is a computer vision feature descriptor representing an image patch as a short binary string, proposed at EPFL in 2010.

Brief Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia

Brief Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia (BBTI) is a four-session behavioral psychotherapy for chronic insomnia, using sleep restriction, stimulus control, and sleep education, designed for delivery in primary care.

Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter (1945) is David Lean's British romance, adapted from Noël Coward's play Still Life, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard as married lovers who part; Cannes Grand Prix winner and BFI-ranked classic.

Brief intervention

A brief intervention is a short, structured counseling conversation, usually after screening, that motivates a person to reduce risky alcohol, tobacco, or other substance use.

Brief Pain Inventory

The Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) is a self-report questionnaire measuring pain severity and interference with daily functioning, developed for cancer patients and widely used in chronic pain research.

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) is a clinician-rated scale measuring the severity of psychiatric symptoms, introduced by Overall and Gorham in 1962 and used mainly in research.

Brief Self-Control Scale

The Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS) is a 13-item self-report questionnaire measuring trait self-control, developed by Tangney, Baumeister, and Boone in 2004 and used in over 100 studies.

Brief Symptom Inventory

The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) is a 53-item self-report questionnaire measuring psychological distress across nine domains, including depression and anxiety, derived from the SCL-90-R and reported in 1983.

Briefcase

A briefcase is a portable, flat rectangular case used for carrying documents, books, and laptops, named for the court briefs lawyers once carried; the word dates from 1908.

Briefs

Briefs: close-fitting, legless underpants invented as Jockey shorts by Arthur Kneibler of Cooper's Inc., first sold 19 January 1935 in Chicago; ancestors of trunks and boxer briefs, distinguished by maximum support and no thigh coverage.

Briel Adams-Wheatley

Briel Adams-Wheatley, also known as @no_limbs, is a Brazilian-born American transgender beauty influencer born 1998 with Hanhart syndrome, no arms or legs; viral makeup creator with over 5 million TikTok followers, married to Adam since 2021.

Brienne of Tarth

Brienne of Tarth, the Maid of Tarth, is a fictional knight in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game of Thrones, played by Gwendoline Christie; heir of Evenfall Hall, wielder of Oathkeeper, and Westeros's only woman knight.

Brienz

Brienz names two Swiss Alpine villages: Brienz BE, a Bernese Oberland woodcarving and tourist resort on Lake Brienz hit by a 2024 debris flow, and Brienz/Brinzauls GR, a Graubünden village repeatedly evacuated over an active rockslide.

Brier Hill–style pizza

Brier Hill–style pizza, also called Brier Hill pizza, is a Youngstown, Ohio regional pizza with thick breadlike crust, thick tomato sauce, bell peppers, and Romano instead of mozzarella, created by Basilicata immigrants and named via St. Anthony parish fundraisers.

Brier score

The Brier score measures the accuracy of probability forecasts for binary events by averaging the squared error between forecast probability and outcome. Glenn Brier introduced it in 1950.

Brig

A brig, or sailing brig, is a two-masted vessel square-rigged on both masts, the smallest square rigger, widely used for cargo and naval service in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Brigade

A brigade is a military formation of two or more battalions plus a headquarters, normally 2,500 to 5,000 soldiers, sitting between the battalion and the division.

Brigade 2506

Brigade 2506 (Spanish: Brigada de Asalto 2506) was a CIA-trained paramilitary force of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961.

Brigade Combat Team

Brigade Combat Team (BCT), also called brigade combat teams, is the U.S. Army's basic combined-arms tactical formation of about 4,000 soldiers, commanded by a colonel, in infantry, armored, and Stryker designs, now converting to Mobile Brigade Combat Teams under the 2025 Army Transformation Initiative.