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Batch transportation
Batch transportation is the movement of different liquid petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, through the same pipeline in successive batches that keep their identity, with some mixing at each interface.
Batching and scheduling for LLM serving
Batching and scheduling for LLM serving are the techniques an inference server uses to decide which requests share each model forward pass, trading GPU throughput against latency.
Baté Empire
The Baté Empire, or Batyé, meaning "between the rivers," was a Muslim Mandinka confederation of trading villages centered on Kankan, in Upper Guinea, founded in the late seventeenth century.
Batelco
Batelco (Bahrain Telecommunications Company) is the principal telecommunications operator of Bahrain, founded in 1981 as a government-backed monopoly and rebranded as Batelco by Beyon in early 2025.
Bateman equation
The Bateman equation is the analytical solution, first published by Harry Bateman in 1910, to the equations governing the amounts of each nuclide in a serial radioactive decay chain.
Bateren tsuihorei
Bateren tsuihorei (伴天連追放令) is the five-article edict issued by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at Hakata in 1587, after his pacification of Kyushu, expelling Christian missionaries while permitting Portuguese trade.
Bates College
Bates College is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine, founded in 1855 as the Maine State Seminary and renamed for Benjamin E. Bates in 1864; New England's first coeducational college, it is accredited by NECHE and led by president Garry W. Jenkins.
Bates method
Bates method: alternative vision-improvement system by ophthalmologist William H. Bates (Perfect Sight Without Glasses, 1920), using palming, sunning, swinging, and central fixation; rejected by ophthalmology, trials show no refractive improvement, and sungazing risks solar retinopathy.
Bates Motel (film)
Bates Motel (1987) is an NBC made-for-TV movie and failed pilot for a Psycho spinoff anthology series, directed by Richard Rothstein, starring Bud Cort and Lori Petty, unrelated to the 2013 A&E series.
Bates Motel (TV series)
Bates Motel (2013–2017) is an A&E psychological drama by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, and Anthony Cipriano, a contemporary prequel to Psycho starring Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga as Norman and Norma Bates in White Pine Bay, Oregon; five seasons, 4.6 million premiere viewers, ending with its own retelling of the film.
Batesian mimicry
Batesian mimicry is defensive mimicry in which a harmless species resembles a noxious model and is thereby avoided by predators; Henry Walter Bates proposed it in 1862.
Batesville, AR Micro Area
Batesville, AR Micro Area (CBSA 12900) is an Arkansas micropolitan statistical area covering Independence County around Batesville; population 38,175 (ACS 2024), median household income $56,609, poverty rate 20.4%.
Batetela rebellions
The Batetela rebellions were mutinies among Tetela soldiers of the Congo Free State's Force Publique, sparked in 1895 by the execution of Gongo Lutete and last suppressed in 1901.
Batey
Batey (also batu): the Taíno ball game of the Greater Antilles and the stone-bordered plaza where it was played, with rubber ball, no hands, teams of 10-30, and a modern revival; distinct from the Dominican sugar-settlement meaning of batey.
Batfink
Batfink is a 1966–1967 American animated series of 100 five-minute shorts by Hal Seeger, parodying Batman and The Green Hornet, featuring the steel-winged bat hero, sidekick Karate, and villain Hugo A-Go-Go.
Batgirl
Batgirl: DC Comics superheroine, chiefly Barbara Gordon (also Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown). Created 1967 for the Batman TV era by Dozier and Infantino; paralyzed in The Killing Joke, later Oracle.
Batgirl (film)
Batgirl: unreleased 2022 DC Extended Universe superhero film starring Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon, directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah for HBO Max; cancelled by Warner Bros. Discovery in post-production as a $90 million tax write-off, never released.
Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) is a unitary authority district in Somerset, England, created on 1 April 1996, covering Bath, Keynsham, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, and surrounding villages.
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index
The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) is a six-item patient questionnaire measuring disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis, scored 0 to 10, developed in Bath, England.
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) is a ten-question, patient-completed questionnaire measuring functional ability in ankylosing spondylitis, scored 0 to 10 with higher scores meaning more severe limitation.
Bath at northwest foot of the Areopagus
The Bath at northwest foot of the Areopagus, known as the Southwest Baths, was a public bathing complex at the Athenian Agora, in use from the 2nd century BC to the late 6th century AD.
Bath bomb
A bath bomb, also called a bath fizzie, is a packed mixture of baking soda and citric acid that fizzes in bathwater, releasing fragrance and color.
Bath C3
Bath C3 is a Roman bathhouse in block C3 of Dura-Europos, Syria, built of brick around 210 to 215 CE and apparently constructed by the Roman military garrison.
Bath County Pumped Storage Station
The Bath County Pumped Storage Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant in Bath County, Virginia, the largest in the United States at 3,003 megawatts, operating since 1985.
Bath E3 Phase 2
Bath E3 Phase 2, also called Bath E3/E4 or E3/E4 Bathing Complex, is the second building phase of the Roman military bath E3 at Dura-Europos, Syria: a 700 sq m early 3rd-century bath replacing Phase 1, with hypocausts, aqueduct, and palaestra in Block E4.
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works is a shipyard on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, owned by General Dynamics since 1995 and one of two US yards building Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
Bath M7
Bath M7, Dura-Europos Roman bathhouse in block M7 near the Palmyrene Gate, built of brick around 210-215 CE, attributed to the Roman garrison and used mainly by soldiers.
Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby, founded 1865, is a professional English rugby union club playing at the Recreation Ground (The Rec) since 1894. Six league titles, six national cups, 1998 Heineken Cup as first English winner, 2025 Premiership and Challenge Cup champion.
Bath salts
Bath salts are water-soluble mineral preparations added to bathwater as cosmetic products, typically based on Epsom salt, Dead Sea or Himalayan salt, and sodium bicarbonate, distinct from the illicit stimulant drugs of the same name.
Bath salts (drug)
Bath salts, or Ivory Wave, are synthetic cathinones, man-made stimulant drugs chemically related to cathinone in khat, originally disguised as bath salts and plant food to evade drug laws.