BZ may refer to:

Chemistry

  • Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction, example of non-equilibrium thermodynamics
  • 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate, an odorless military incapacitating agent with NATO code BZ
  • Benzimidazole, an aromatic compound and parasiticide
  • Benzodiazepines, a class of psychoactive drugs
  • Benzoyl, group (Bz), C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>-CO-, a functional group: acyl derived from benzoic acid
  • Bronze, an alloy consisting of (Cu) Copper and (Sn) tin
  • Benzscaline, a serotonin receptor agonist and possible serotonergic psychedelic

Entertainment

  • B'z, a Japanese musical group
  • Blue Zone (band), credited as "B.Z." for the 1998 cover of the song "Jackie" by Joanne Accom
  • Beyond Zork, a computer game released by Infocom in 1987
  • Border Zone (video game)

Periodicals

  • Badische Zeitung, Freiburg(Germany)
  • Braunschweiger Zeitung, Braunschweig
  • B.Z. (newspaper), Berlin
  • Berliner Zeitung, also Berlin
  • Berner Zeitung, Bern
  • Byzantinische Zeitschrift, a German academic journal

Places

  • Bautzen, Germany (vehicle registration code BZ)
  • Belize (ISO 3166-1 2-letter country code)
  • Province of Bolzano or South Tyrol, Italy (vehicle registration code BZ)
  • Brazil (World Meteorological Organization country code)
  • Buitenzorg or Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia
  • Buzău, Romania (vehicle registration code BZ)

Technology

  • .bz, the country code top-level domain for Belize
  • bzip2, an algorithm for data compression
  • Bugzilla, a web-based error tracker and testing tool
  • Busy, in Internet slang (from the pronunciation "bee-zee")
  • Toyota bZ series, a family of electric vehicles

Other uses

  • Bobby Zamora (born 1981), English footballer nicknamed 'BZ'
  • Bravo Zulu, a naval signal meaning 'well done'
  • Brent Crude, a trading classification of crude oil (futures trading symbol BZ on the NYMEX exchange)
  • Brillouin zone, in mathematics and solid-state physics, a uniquely defined primitive cell in reciprocal space
  • Blue Dart Aviation (IATA airline code), a cargo airline based in Chennai, India & Kolkata, India
  • Keystone Air Service (1985-2015, IATA airline code), an airline that served Manitoba, Canada
  • Squatting movement, in Danish slang, from the word "besæt" ("occupiers")

See also

  • Battlezone (disambiguation)
  • Bzzz (disambiguation)