1. (Egyptian mythology) a being's soul or personality that survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food, represented as a bird with a human head
   "The tomb paintings depicted the ba returning to the mummy"

1. A bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
   - Bachelor of Arts, Artium Baccalaurens, AB

1. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
   - barium, atomic number 56

Derived forms: BAs, bas

Type of: baccalaureate, bachelor's degree, metal, metallic element

Part of: barite, barium selenite, barium sulphate, barytes, heavy spar

Encyclopedia: Ba, Ibrahima