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P, p
[pee]
–noun, plural P's or Ps, p's or ps.
| 1. | the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. |
| 2. | any spoken sound represented by the letter P or p, as in pet, supper, top, etc. |
| 3. | something having the shape of a P. |
| 4. | a written or printed representation of the letter P or p. |
| 5. | a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter P or p. |
P
| 1. | Education. (as a rating of student performance) passing. |
| 2. | Chess. pawn. |
| 3. | Electronics. plate. |
| 4. | poor. |
| 5. | Grammar. predicate. |
| 6. | Protestant. |
P
Symbol.
| 1. | the 16th in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 15th. |
| 2. | (sometimes lowercase ) the medieval Roman numeral for 400. Compare Roman numerals. |
| 3. | Genetics. parental. |
| 4. | Chemistry. phosphorus. |
| 5. | Physics.
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| 6. | Biochemistry. proline. |
P-
Military.
| (in designations of fighter aircraft) pursuit: P-38. |
p-
Chemistry.
| para- 1 (def. 2). |
P.
| 1. | pastor. |
| 2. | father. Origin: < L Pater ![]() |
| 3. | peseta. |
| 4. | peso. |
| 5. | post. |
| 6. | president. |
| 7. | pressure. |
| 8. | priest. |
| 9. | prince. |
| 10. | progressive. |
p.
| 1. | page. |
| 2. | part. |
| 3. | participle. |
| 4. | past. |
| 5. | father. Origin: < L pater ![]() |
| 6. | Chess. pawn. |
| 7. | penny; pence. |
| 8. | per. |
| 9. | Grammar. person. |
| 10. | peseta. |
| 11. | peso. |
| 12. | Music. softly. Origin: < It piano ![]() |
| 13. | pint. |
| 14. | pipe. |
| 15. | Baseball. pitcher. |
| 16. | pole. |
| 17. | population. |
| 18. | after. Origin: < L post ![]() |
| 19. | president. |
| 20. | pressure. |
| 21. | purl. |
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| p 2 Physics The symbol for momentum. |
| p 3 abbr.
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| P 1 The symbol for the element phosphorus. |
| P 2 abbr.
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Pe·ter (pē'tər) n. Bible Abbr. Pet. or Pt or P See Table at Bible. |
phos·pho·rus (fŏs'fər-əs) n.
[Latin Phōsphorus, morning star, from Greek phōsphoros, bringing light, morning star : phōs, light; see bhā-1 in Indo-European roots + -phoros, -phorous.] |
pro·ton (prō'tŏn') n. Abbr. p A stable, positively charged subatomic particle in the baryon family having a mass 1,836 times that of the electron. See Table at subatomic particle. [From Greek prōton, neuter of prōtos, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots.] pro·ton'ic adj. |
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P
P\ (p[=e]), the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Ph[oe]nician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 247, 248, and 184-195.
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Language Translation for : P
Spanish:
pág. (abreviatura de página),
German:
S.; Seiten,
Japanese:
…ページ
P
a rare letter in the initial position in Gmc., in part because by Grimm's Law PIE p- became Gmc. f-; even with early L. borrowings, -p- takes up only a little over 4 pages in J.R. Clark Hall's "Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary," compared to 31 pages for B and more than 36 for F. But it now is the third most common initial letter in the Eng. vocabulary, and with C and S, comprises nearly a third of the words in the dictionary, a testimonial to the flood of words that have entered the language since 1066 from L., Gk., and Fr. To mind one's Ps and Qs (1779), possibly is from confusion of these letters among children learning to write. Another theory traces it to old-time tavern-keepers tracking their patrons' bar tabs in pints and quarts. But cf. also to be P and Q (1612), "to be excellent," a slang phrase said to derive from prime quality.
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P
A Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that it is the company's first class of preferred shares.
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Nasdaq-listed securities have four or five characters. If a fifth letter appears, it indicates that the issue is other than a single issue of common or capital stock.
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p
- Used in the dividend column of stock transaction tables in newspapers to indicate an initial dividend: .50p.
- Used in mutual fund transaction tables in newspapers to indicate that a distribution cost is charged.
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Main Entry: P
Function: abbreviation
1 parental
2 part
3 percentile
4 pharmacopoeia
5 pint
6 pole
7population
8 position
9 positive
10 posterior
11 pressure
12 pulse
13 pupil
Main Entry: P
Function: symbol
1 parental generation —usually used with a subscript: P1 for the first, P2 for the second, etc.
2phosphorus
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P
The symbol for the element phosphorus.
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| phosphorus (fŏs'fər-əs) Pronunciation Key
Symbol P A highly reactive, poisonous nonmetallic element occurring naturally in phosphates, especially in the mineral apatite. It exists in white (or sometimes yellow), red, and black forms, and is an essential component of protoplasm. Phosphorus is used to make matches, fireworks, and fertilizers and to protect metal surfaces from corrosion. Atomic number 15; atomic weight 30.9738; melting point (white) 44.1°C; boiling point 280°C; specific gravity (white) 1.82; valence 3, 5. See Periodic Table. |
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