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P2

Syllabification: (P)
Pronunciation: /pē/
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Definition of P

abbreviation

  • pastor.
  • father.
    [Latin pater]
  • (in tables of sports results) games played.
  • (on an automatic gearshift) park.
  • (on road signs and street plans) parking.
  • peseta.
  • peso.
  • [in combination] (in units of measurement) peta- (1015):27 PBq of radioactive material
  • Physics poise (unit of viscosity).
  • post.
  • president.
  • pressure.
  • priest.
  • prince.
  • proprietary.
  • progressive.

symbol

  • the chemical element phosphorus.

P in other Oxford dictionaries

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