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MP

1. Military Police.
2. Military Policeman.
3. Mounted Police.

mp

Music.
mezzo piano.

M.P.

1. Member of Parliament.
2. Metropolitan Police.
3. Military Police.
4. Military Policeman.
5. Mounted Police.

m.p.

1. melting point.
2. (in prescriptions) in the manner prescribed; as directed.

Origin:
< L modō praescrīptō

military police

–noun
soldiers who perform police duties within the army. Abbreviation: MP
Compare shore patrol.


Origin:
1820–30
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melt·ing point   (měl'tĭng)
n.   Abbr. mp
  1. The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid at standard atmospheric pressure.

  2. The temperature at which a solid and its liquid are in equilibrium, at any fixed pressure.

mezzo pi·a·no   (pē-ä'nō)   
adv.   & adj. Music Abbr. mp
Moderately soft. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian : mezzo, half + piano, soft.]
military police  
n.   Abbr. MP
The branch of an armed force assigned to perform law enforcement duties, as on a military installation.
mp  
abbr.  
  1. melting point

  2. mezzo piano

MP 1   (ěm'pē')   
n.  A military police officer.

[From m(ilitary) p(olice).]
MP 2  
abbr.  
  1. member of Parliament

  2. military police

  3. mounted police

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mp
Function: abbreviation
melting point
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

mp networking
The country code for the Northern Mariana Islands.
(1999-01-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
mp
  1. melting point

  2. mezzo piano

MP
  1. member of Parliament

  2. military police

  3. military police officer

  4. mounted police

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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