Pd
palladium.
Pd
1 AmericanSymbol, Chemistry.
pd.
2
American
abbreviation
p.d.
3
American
abbreviation
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per diem.
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potential difference.
P.D.
4
American
abbreviation
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per diem.
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Police Department.
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Insurance. property damage.
pd
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British
abbreviation
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paid
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Also: PD. per diem
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potential difference
PD
2
British
abbreviation
Pd
3
British
symbol
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The fungus called Pseudogymnoascus destructans, or Pd, has been found on another eight species where the disease has not shown up, Kitchell said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
Solutions of hydrogen in palladium may be formed by exposing Pd metal to H2 gas.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Maximum values of PGE in road dust from the city of Sheffield were found to be as high as 408 ppb Pt, 444 ppb Pd and 113 ppb Rh.
From Forbes ● Jul. 15, 2013
Pt, Pd and Rh derived from catalytic converters that reduce poisonous exhaust emissions are enriched in road dust.
From Forbes ● Jul. 15, 2013
Chris says, “Yes, sir, Pd like to think I do.”
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
Our forefathers believed that the ringing of church bells had the effect of allaying storms; this is illustrated by an entry in the Spalding churchwardens’ accounts:—“1519 It’m pd. for ryngng when the Tempest was, iijd.”
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by William Andrews
Under 1595 the Leverton wardens have the entries: "pd. to the apparitor for fallts in the churche ijs. viijd.," and: "for playing in the churche iijs. viijd."
From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Sedley Lynch Ware
Nails, 2 pds. for each launch; 1-1/2 pds. for each large cutter; and 1 pd. for each of the rest.
From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
Went & movd. one of the above to Carpue, got pd. came home met at Jack at 5, Bill not at home, did not go out till morning.
From The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act by James Blake Bailey
To cash pd. to James White, Esq’r, for services among and with the Indians from the 2d.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
Second, how does a public defender's "experience" actually help a client when said experience leads the p.d. to conclude that it's better not to spend time developing a case if that only irritates the judge?
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
Her quixotic search at times reads like a sad twist on P.D.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
After all, the Minor Tigers had just defeated the Mustangs of P.D.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
“The Family Game” is both sharply modern and timeless, with strains of King Lear, Dickens and P.D.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022
Like many of her fellow writers of dystopian fiction, including Margaret Atwood, P.D.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
The following case is reported by Dr. John Keating, who watched it with care throughout: P.D., male, æt.
From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by John K. Mitchell
Town $10;" "By an annual Donation to the Academy at Alexandria pd.
From The True George Washington [10th Ed.] by Paul Leicester Ford
In Washington's earliest account-book there is an item when he was sixteen years old, "To cash pd ye Musick Master for my Entrance 3/9."
From The True George Washington [10th Ed.] by Paul Leicester Ford
"Item pd for makynge of a sworde & payntynge of the same for Harroode viijd" In the Corporation MSS. of Rye, Sussex, are the following entries: 1474.
From The Customs of Old England by F. J. (Frederick John) Snell
“To find diagonal pitch pd, multiply the pitch p by 6, then add 4 and divide by 10, thus: 6p + 4 = pd.”
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
It's said Lord Villors Lady was worth fower scoar thoussand pd; you might have got her, as wel as Lord Villors....
From The Journal to Stella by Jonathan Swift
Before COVID, he was a regular on Live PD, the megapopular show on the A&E Network in which law enforcement officers broadcast live feeds of their work.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
He also appeared regularly as an analyst on the 2019 spinoff Live PD: Wanted, and was a featured character in the fifth season of another A&E reality TV show called 60 Days In.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Drawing on comprehensive Danish national health registers, the researchers conducted a retrospective case–control study including 17,711 individuals diagnosed with PD or LBD between 2007 and 2019.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
In his X post, Frost wrote: “Thank you to the venue security and Park City PD for assistance on this incident.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
The 1300 is 1:00 p.m., written according to a twenty-four-hour clock—and PD stands for “Pirate’s Den,” an abbreviation I know well.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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