BIS

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Bis is a Latin prefix or suffix designating the second instance of a thing, thus preceding ter. An example in recent modern usage is the ITU-T modem standard from the late 20th century, V.32bis.

Bis can also be used as a notation, which indicates that an item has been, or is to be, repeated; this is typically used in accounts and in music.

Bis or BIS can also refer to:

N.B. Bice

Film and books

• Bis (film), a 2015 French comedy film
• Bis (magazine), a Japanese high-teens' magazine published by Kobunsha
• Bis Télévisions, French TV chain

Music

• BIS Records, a Scandinavian record label focusing on classical works
• Bis Music, Cuban record label
• Bis (Scottish band), a Scottish Indie pop band
• Bis (Japanese rock band)
• BiS (Japanese idol group) a Japanese idol group formed by Pour Lui

Chemistry and technology

• The 14-bis, an early fixed-wing aircraft derived by Alberto Santos-Dumont from his Number 14 airship-aircraft hybrid
• Bis is used in chemical nomenclature sometimes instead of the prefix di-, such as in fructose 1,6-bisphosphate
• Bis (Bisulfite) or Bisulfite sequencing in Genomics, to differentiate between methylated and non-methylated cytosine in the Genome (Epigenetic).
• Nomenclature for a compound with two complex ligands coordinating around a central atom. Example: potassium tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate.

Acronyms

See also

• Bice, from the French bis, a green or blue pigment