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• CP
  CP

  candlepower.
• cP
  cP

  centipoise.
• cp.
  cp.

  abbreviation

  compare.
• c.p.
  c.p.

  abbreviation

  chemically pure.
• C.P.
  C.P.

  abbreviation

  Chief Patriarch.
• cp
  cp

  abbreviation

  candlepower

CP

¹ American  

1. candlepower.

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cP ² American  

Or cp

1. centipoise.

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cp. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. compare.

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c.p. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. chemically pure.

2. circular pitch.

3. command post.

4. common pleas.

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C.P. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Chief Patriarch.

2. command post.

3. Common Prayer.

4. Communist Party.

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CP ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Canadian Press

2. military Command Post

3. Common Prayer

4. Communist Party

5. (formerly in Britain) Community Programme

6. Court of Probate

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cp ² British  

abbreviation

1. candlepower

2. chemically pure

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cp. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. compare

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Example Sentences

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CP cp. c.p. C.P. cp

Despite his movement and speech being affected by CP his father, Bob Sagoo, said he "understood everything" and by the age of four-and-a-half he was using eye-tracking technology to control his devices and communicate.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The conveyor belts take the materials on a journey past the facility’s 18 CP Group optical sorters, including one that uses artificial intelligence.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

CP expects double digit EPS growth to resume in 2Q and strengthen into the back half as yields rebound, volumes accelerate and most segments improve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

But if the inverted ordering proves correct, this research suggests neutrinos could indeed violate CP symmetry, offering a powerful clue to why matter exists.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2025

I enjoyed Nat’s company and we often went places together, including a number of lectures and CP meetings.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Buik, "book," seems to show the intermediate stage, cp. also tyeuk, "took."

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom

Hained, pp. adj. sheltered, secluded, cp. a hained rig, Burns, 8, 1.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom

One of a number of words in Sco. formed with ram, cp. ramshackle, ramstam, rammous, etc.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom

As further illustration of the dislike of all bloodshed, cp. the rule of XII.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler

The latter was perhaps regarded as a "smith," cp. v.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Hence if the equivalent of 100 carbon filament 8 c.p. lamps is required in a building the maximum electric power-supply available must be 3000 watts or 3 kilowatts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

The electric lamp L is about 8 c.p., and is placed just within the focus of a lens which has a focal length of 3/4 inch.

From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Marcus J. Martin

Lamps of 5 c.p. can be used with advantage in small bedrooms and passages.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

As an example taken from actual practice, the following figures give the capacity of the plant put down to supply 500 8 c.p. lamps in a hospital.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

EM Luminous intensity of a lamp, in candles. c.p.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various

Once a cartoonist for his grammar school’s newspaper, he often returned to illustration as an outlet to connect visual art with the written word, producing series in response to poetry by C.P.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Telenor and C.P. group will aim for an ownership share of around one-third each in the merged entity, the company said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2021

“As we have said throughout this process, C.P. remains committed to everything this opportunity presents,” Mr. Creel said.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2021

Its motto might be a line from a C.P.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021

High and Keith were smooth and respectable where C.P. was rough and, despite the numerous calls of support, still somewhat disreputable.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

I, 9 ff.—In other passages only the latter of the two paths is referred to, cp.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by George Thibaut

For the enormous part played in social life by recitations cp.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler

In W. S. a was broken to ea, cp.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom

There is no reference to volcanic action: iron was smelted on Mount Ida; cp.

From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard) Evelyn-White

If aq − bp = −1 we obtain the general solution x = bt − cq, y = cp − at, which is of the same form as in the preceding case.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various