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1 American  
  1. Music. forte-piano.

  2. Sports. forward pass.


f.p. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. fireplug.

  2. foolscap.

  3. foot-pound; foot-pounds.

  4. Music. forte-piano.

  5. freezing point.

  6. fully paid.


F.P. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. foot-pound.


FP 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. former pupil

  2. freezing point

  3. fully paid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fp 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. fine point

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

symbol

  1. music fortepiano

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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In 1995, McKenzie won twin Australian Film Institute Awards for the movie Angel Baby and TV series Halifax f.p., playing a schizophrenic and a murder suspect with multiple personality disorder, respectively.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each unit has therefore produced 26,450 / 118.9 = 222.5 f.p., instead of 772 f.p., which would have been rendered if every unit had been converted into power.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various

Now, if all this heat could be converted into power, it would yield 630 � 772, or 486,360 f.p.; and it would require only 1,980,000 / 486,360 = 4.07 cubic feet to produce 1 indicated horse power.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various

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