mp
- mezzo piano.
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m.p.
- melting point.
- (in prescriptions) in the manner prescribed; as directed.
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Origin of m.p.
From the Latin word modō praescrīptō
M.P.
or MP
- Member of Parliament.
- Metropolitan Police.
- military police.
- Military Policeman.
- Mounted Police.
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Contemporary Examples
Yves Albarello, MP of Seine-et-Marne, said the gunmen told police they were ready to “die as martyrs.”
“I think that all Slovaks should feel offended,” said MP Tomas Galbavy, who served on the parliamentary culture committee.
A senior Labour Party MP scoffed at what he suggested was faulty logic.
The “Sunday Mirror” says it was in the ‘public interest’ to entrap a Conservative MP in an elaborate sex sting.
U.K. Tabloid Absurdly Claims ‘Public Interest’ Served in Politician’s Sex StingLizzie Crocker
September 30, 2014
Dan Jarvis, another senior Labour MP, said he was “sickened.”
Historical Examples
Then you could have walked out of here, straight into the MP's.
The Last Place on EarthJames Judson Harmon
The plates themselves remain as the muscle-plates (mp), and give rise to the whole of the voluntary muscular system of the body.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)Francis Maitland Balfour
The plates themselves remain as the muscle-plates and develop a special layer of muscle (mp) in their splanchnic layer.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1Francis Maitland Balfour
Of the basal cartilages one (pp) is anterior, a second (mep) is placed in the middle, and a third is posterior (mp).
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1Francis Maitland Balfour
The officers, one of them injured, returned to the village with French MP's and requested an explanation of the incident.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
mp1
- melting point
- music mezzo piano
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Word Origin
(sense 2) Italian: moderately soft
mp2
- Northern Mariana Islands
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MP
- (in Britain and Canada) Member of Parliament
- (in Britain) Metropolitan Police
- Military Police
- Mounted Police
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Word Origin and History for mp
M.P.
1917, abbreviation of military police, which is recorded from 1827.
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