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

"Sporting CP went out there and didn't care about anything, while we were thinking about the consequences from the very first touch."

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

"Sporting CP, Club Brugge and Bodo have similarities in their success this season. Their scouting is great and their academies perform well," he explained.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

If neutrinos turn out not to violate CP symmetry, physicists would lose one of their strongest explanations for the existence of matter.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025

If future studies confirm the normal ordering, scientists will still need more data to clarify whether CP symmetry is broken.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025

I cited many occasions when the ANC and the CP had differed on policy and the ANC had prevailed, but this did not seem to impress them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela