nounplural noun Ps, plural noun P's/pēz/
1The sixteenth letter of the alphabet.
‘Lets have an S for Speedy, and a P for Polly, intertwined on the top of the cake, in red frosting.’- ‘I have a P for Patricia and J for my name Joy.. so technically it's PJ!’
- ‘One key to knowing which marketing programs to choose involves thoroughly understanding how to leverage the 4 Ps of marketing - price, product, promotion, and place - to reach and appeal to your target audience(s).’
- 1.1Denoting the next after O (or N if O is omitted) in a set of items, categories, etc.‘Let P be the set of all finite subsets of N.’
- ‘Now for each r, let p be the next larger even integer.’
Pronunciation
abbreviation
1Pastor.
2Father.
Origin
Latin pater.
3(in tables of sports results) games played.
4(on an automatic gearshift) park.
5(on road signs and street plans) parking.
6Peseta.
7Peso.
8in combination (in units of measurement) peta- (10¹⁵)
- ‘27 PBq of radioactive material’
9Physics
Poise (unit of viscosity).10Post.
11President.
12Pressure.
13Priest.
14Prince.
15Proprietary.
16Progressive.
Pronunciation
The chemical element phosphorus.
Pronunciation
abbreviation
1Page.
- ‘see p 784’
2
(also p-)Chemistry
in combination Para-- ‘p-xylene’
3British Penny or pence.
- ‘a 5p coin’
4Music
Piano (softly).5in combination (in units of measurement) pico- (10¹²)
- ‘a 220 pf capacitor’
6Chemistry
Denoting electrons and orbitals possessing one unit of angular momentum.- ‘p-electrons’
Origin
From principal, originally applied to lines in atomic spectra.
Pronunciation
1Physics
Pressure.- ‘pV = nRT’
2Statistics
Probability.- ‘this difference was significant (p = 0.0008)’