fps

¹ American

Also ft/sec feet per second.
foot-pound-second.

FPS ² American

first-person shooter.

f.p.s. ³ American

abbreviation

feet per second.
foot-pound-second.
frames per second.

fps ¹ British

abbreviation

feet per second
foot-pound-second
photog frames per second

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FPS ² British

abbreviation

first-person shooter

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Example Sentences

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Forgent said it has applied to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FPS.

From The Wall Street Journal

The FPS put that claim in a sworn declaration by Robert Cantu, who is its regional deputy director.

From Slate

Its lawyers had told the court that it was “undisputed” that “nearly a quarter of the agency’s entire FPS capacity had to be redirected over a relatively short period” to Portland.

From Slate

It turns out, the plaintiffs showed, that there weren’t 115 FPS officers in Portland.

From Slate

In reality, there had been 115 total deployments, with some people counted multiple times; there were only, in sum, 86 FPS officers sent there.

From Slate

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