bis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals
    atomic number 83; bismuth; Bi.

WordNet

Bis adverb
Etymology
L. bis twice, for duis, fr. root of duo two. See Two, and cf. Bi-.
Definitions
  1. Twice; -- a word showing that something is, or is to be, repeated; as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.
Bis* prefix
Definitions
  1. A form of Bi-, sometimes used before s, c, or a vowel.

Webster 1913