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  • PQ
    PQ
    abbreviation
    Quebec, Canada (approved for postal use).
  • p.q.
    p.q.
    abbreviation
    previous question.
  • P.Q.
    P.Q.
    abbreviation
    Province of Quebec.
  • pq
    pq
    abbreviation
    previous question

PQ

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Quebec, Canada (approved for postal use).


p.q. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. previous question.


P.Q. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Province of Quebec.


PQ 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. (esp in postal addresses) Province of Quebec

  2. Parti Québécois

"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

pq 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. previous question

"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

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In this model, the PQ symmetry is kept as a global symmetry rather than being "gauged," which protects the delicate axion physics needed to solve the strong-CP problem.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025

Product placements in the United States are estimated to be a nearly $23 billion industry, according to PQ Media, a research firm.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

"It's a beautiful moment for Quebec democracy," said PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon on Twitter.

From Reuters • Dec. 9, 2022

These include major businesses like ExxonMobil and the PQ corporation, which have a refinery and chemical plant in the city, respectively, and would be the city's biggest customers once the water starts flowing.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2022

Consider any path joining PQ, and moving with the fluid, so that the line contains always the same fluid particles.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

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