CP
CP
1 American
cP
2
American
Or
cp
cp.
3
American
abbreviation
c.p.
4
American
abbreviation
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chemically pure.
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circular pitch.
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command post.
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common pleas.
C.P.
5
American
abbreviation
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Chief Patriarch.
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command post.
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Common Prayer.
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Communist Party.
CP
1
British
abbreviation
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Canadian Press
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military Command Post
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Common Prayer
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Communist Party
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(formerly in Britain) Community Programme
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Court of Probate
cp
2
British
abbreviation
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candlepower
-
chemically pure
cp.
3
British
abbreviation
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The second-tier side earned qualification for the Europa League by inflicting a shock defeat on Sporting CP to win the Portuguese Cup final in May.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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
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
However, in 1964 two more Americans, J. W. Cronin and Val Fitch, discovered that even the CP symmetry was not obeyed in the decay of certain particles called K-mesons.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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
O. N. lǫga, to burn with a flame, Norse lǫga, laaga, to blaze, but cp. the Sco. sb. lowe.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
A before r + consonant very frequently not broken, cp. arm, farra.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
It will run as large a lamp a 3-1/2 volts, 1 cp., for some time very satisfactorily.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
Our word has excrescent l, cp. chalmer, not uncommon. 46Gyrth, sb. a sanctuary, protection.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
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
EM Luminous intensity of a lamp, in candles. c.p.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various
The Sunbury generating plant consisted of an Armington & Sims engine driving two small Edison dynamos having a total capacity of about four hundred lamps of 16 c.p.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
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
Bonus: The artist will lead a “joyful, open drawing” session, for people of all skill levels, prompted by poetry by C.P.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
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
C.P. felt more than vindicated; he felt valued.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Bang is very frequently used in the sense of rushing off, cp.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
O. L. G. slikken does not correspond. slake, sb. a kiss, deriv., cp.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
For the suit between Metellus and Curio cp.
From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Harold Edgeworth Butler
One is to type cp .newsrc temprc and hit enter.
From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation
Vo, Vomer. s, Symphysis of lower jaw. id, Inferior dental canal. cp, Coronoid process of lower jaw. cd, Condyle. a, Angle. sh, Stylo-hyal. bh, Basi-hyal. th, Thyro-hyal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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