fp
fp
1 American
f.p.
2
American
abbreviation
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fireplug.
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foolscap.
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foot-pound; foot-pounds.
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Music. forte-piano.
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freezing point.
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fully paid.
F.P.
3
American
abbreviation
FP
1
British
abbreviation
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former pupil
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freezing point
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fully paid
fp
2
British
abbreviation
symbol
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Some fraction of those stars, fp, would actually form planets, and some number of those planets, ne, would be suitable for life.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2013
We take the fraction of stars that have planets, fp, as roughly equal to Vs.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Front and hind end seen from dorsal surface. fa, fp, fc, feelers; a, eye; k, gill; p, parapodia; ac, anal cirri.
From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason
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
He noted that more buyers are gravitating toward smaller watchmakers — sending prices higher for pieces made by brands like F.P.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 2026
The Academy Award-winning director is selling seven watches from his personal collection, including his custom F.P.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
He also expanded his burgeoning watch collection, reportedly buying pieces by Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre, De Bethune and F.P.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2024
The music ends, silence ensues and the void is suddenly filled by a banshee wail from five stories above: F.P.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2020
When the pure metal A in cooling reaches its F.P. the temperature suddenly becomes stationary, and remains accurately constant for a considerable period.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The reports that some ships are making it through the strait were the main cause of the drop in oil prices Monday, said Aaron Hill, chief market analyst at FP Markets.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
It is “no secret that the Fed remains divided and cautious,” FP Markets chief market analyst Aaron Hill said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
In a statement, FP McCann said it was pleased to draw a line under this unsatisfactory matter following the apology from the Home Office.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
The traditional blue oval with Ford Performance in white lettering underneath will now be branded simply FP.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
“The problem,” as one AIG FP trader put it, “is that something else came along that we thought was the same thing as what we’d been doing.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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