p meaning

Noun: p

1. The 16th letter of the Roman alphabet
   - P

Noun: P  pee

1. A multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
   - phosphorus, atomic number 15

Derived forms: ps, Ps

Type of: alphabetic character, chemical element, element, letter, letter of the alphabet

Part of: apatite, Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet

Encyclopedia: P,P'-DDD P P,p'-TDE P,p'-DDD

[Architecture]
1.

On drawings, abbr. for “page.”

2.

Abbr. for “pole.”

[Business]
abbr //

penny; pence:

The shares closed 1p up at 25p.

The company's shares fell 25p to 339p.

[Defence]
parallel pattern; priority

[Electronics]
1. Abbreviation of prefix PICO-.
2. Subscript for PEAK.
3. Abbreviation of POUND.
4. Abbreviation of POINT (often capitalized).
5. Subscript for PRIMARY.
6. Subscript for PLATE (of a vacuum tube).
7. Abbreviation of PITCH.
8. Abbreviation of PER.

[Finance]
Fifth letter of Nasdaq stock symbol specifying issue is the company's first class of preferred shares.

[Medicine]
abbr
1 parental
2 part
3 percentile
4 pharmacopoeia
5 pint
6 pole
7 population
8 position
9 positive
10 posterior
11 pressure
12 pulse
13 pupil
P
symbol
1 parental generation —usu. used with a subscript: P₁ for the first, P₂ for the second, etc.
2 phosphorus

Examples

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1. 20 p is the minimum fare on buses.
2. load p varies from 90, 000 n to 45, 000 n.
3. they have slapped 10 p on the price of cigarettes.
4. the bus fare has gone up from 35 p to 40 p.
5. the bus fare has gone up from 35 p to 40 p.