P

P ¹

The symbol for the element phosphorus.

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P ²

abbr.

1. Genetics parental generation

2. Physics parity

3. pass

4. pawn (chess)

5. Bible Peter

6. petite

7. Physics pressure

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p ¹ or P  (p)

n. pl. p's or P's also ps or Ps

1. The 16th letter of the modern English alphabet.

2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter p.

3. The 16th in a series.

4. Something shaped like the letter P.

5. P A hypothesized documentary source of certain portions of the Pentateuch that have a formal style, contain genealogical lists and descriptions of rituals, and use the Tetragrammaton to refer to God.

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p ²

Physics

The symbol for momentum.

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p ³

abbr.

1. piano (musical direction)

2. proton

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p, P [piː]

n pl p's, P's, Ps

1. (Linguistics) the 16th letter and 12th consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless bilabial stop, as in pig

mind one's p's and q's to be careful to behave correctly and use polite or suitable language

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p

symbol for

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) (in Britain) penny or pence

2. (Music / Classical Music) Music piano: an instruction to play quietly

3. (Physics / General Physics) pico-

4. (Physics / General Physics) Physics

a.  momentum

b.  proton

c.  pressure

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P

symbol for

1. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) Chem phosphorus

2. (Physics / General Physics) Physics

a.  pressure

b.  power

c.  parity

d.  poise

3. (on road signs) parking

4. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess pawn

5. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) Currency

a.  (the former) peseta

b.  peso

c.  pataca

d.  pula

abbreviation for

1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) pharmacy only: used to label medicines that can be obtained without a prescription, but only at a shop at which there is a pharmacist

2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering)

international car registration for Portugal

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P

1. The symbol for parity.

2. The symbol for phosphorus.

3. The symbol for power.

4. The symbol for pressure.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	P - a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms atomic number 15, phosphorus chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter apatite - a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus
	2.	p - the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

Translations

P¹ p¹ [piː] N (= letter) → P, p f
P for Peter → P de Pedro
to mind or watch one's Ps and Qs → cuidarse or tener mucho cuidado de no meter la pata

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p² ABBR

1. =penny, pence

2. =page → p., pág.

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P p [ˈpiː] n (= letter) → P, p m
P for Peter → P comme Pierre
to mind one's Ps and Qs → se surveiller

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p [ˈpiː] abbr

(=page) → p

(British) = penny, pence
P45 n (British) attestation de fin de contrat de travail

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P, p

n → P nt, → p nt; to mind one’s P’s and Q’s (inf) → sich anständig benehmen

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p

abbr of page → S.

abbr of penny, pence

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P p [piː] n (letter) → P, p f or m inv
P for Peter → P come Padova
mind your p's and q's! → bada a come parli!

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P p [piː] n (letter) → P, p f or m inv
P for Peter → P come Padova
mind your p's and q's! → bada a come parli!

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p

1 (written abbreviation) – pluralpp – page(s) Summarize pp 30–32. bl صَفْحَه мн. число str., strana side; sider S.; Seiten σελίδα (συντομογρ.) pág. (abreviatura de página) lk (lühend sõnast lehekülg) از صفحه تا صفحه s. page דַף, דַפִּים, עמ' पन्ने का संक्षेप numeriranje old., (oldal/ak), l. (lap/ok) halaman pag. ...ページ 페이지 p., psl. (puslapis) lappuse[] ms p., pagina; blz., bladzijde s. (side(r)) str., strona страница s., strana stran p s, sida หน้า (คำย่อของ page) sayfa 頁(書面語縮寫) сторінка صفحہ (viết tắt) trang 页（书面语缩写式）

2  piː (abbreviation) pence, penny The price is 85p. p بيني: قِطعَة نُقود съкр. от пени pence p πένα (υποδιαίρεση της αγγλικής λίρας) abreviatura de penique (penni lühend) پنی؛ پنس p. penny; cent פֶּנִי पेंस peni parkoló, P pence, penny penny 펜스, 페니 pensas, pensai penijs p forkortelse for pence/penny pens пенс, пенни p., penca, pence peni p pence, penny เหรียญเพนนีของอังกฤษมีค่าเท่ากับ 1/12 ชิลลิง pens, peni 便士(書面語縮寫) пенні, пенс پيسہ xu 便士（书面语缩写式）