B size

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B size [′bē ‚sīz]

(engineering)

One of a series of sizes to which trimmed paper and board are manufactured; for sizeBN, withNequal to any integer from 0 to 10, the length of the shorter side is 2^-N/2meters, and the length of the longer side is 2^(1-N)/2meters, with both lengths rounded off to the nearest millimeter.

Of a sheet of paper, the dimensions 11 inches by 17 inches (279 millimeters by 432 millimeters).

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