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Definition of p

abbreviation

  • page: see p 784
  • (p-) [in combination] Chemistry para-:p-xylene
  • British penny or pence: a 5p coin
  • Music piano (softly).
  • [in combination] (in units of measurement) pico- (10−12):a 220 pf capacitor
  • Chemistry denoting electrons and orbitals possessing one unit of angular momentum: p-electrons
    [from principal, originally applied to lines in atomic spectra]

symbol

  • Physics pressure: pV = nRT
  • Statistics probability: this difference was significant (p = 0.0008)

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