prof
noun
prof
1 American
[prof]
/ prɒf /
noun
Informal.
Prof.
2
American
abbreviation
Prof.
1
British
abbreviation
prof
2
British
/ prɒf /
noun
Etymology
Origin of prof
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; by shortening
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Arie Haagen-Smit, the Caltech smog prof, imagined in the 1950s that clean-running cars were imminent, “exhaust devices, catalytic devices … and maybe we start putting them in the cars in 1962 and maybe 1965.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
"Danny was a giant in the field, a Princeton star, a brilliant man, and a great colleague and friend," said prof Eldar Shafir.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
A collaborative team of researchers led by prof.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
But that may be too complicated a message for a movie in which even the smart one — ex-MIT prof Betty — triumphs not with her brain but with her stomach.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2023
“Pawn to queen bishop four,” responded Collins in a basso prof undo that could be heard across the street.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
"When the characteristic energy of the cavity mode matched the low-energy superconducting fluctuations, the NbSe2 device exhibited resonant enhancement, producing the peak in superconductivity enhancement," said Prof. Jiang.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
"We observed that the critical temperature can increase by up to 5.4% in a six-layer NbSe2 device, while the critical current and critical magnetic field are significantly enhanced near the superconducting transition," said Prof. Cheng.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
According to Prof. André de Villiers, Muller's study leader and main author on the paper, the separation achieved using the technique was key to spotting the rare compounds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
“My mother was always saying, ‘He’s got funny sweat,’” Prof. Quinton tells the camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Prof. Nemur said it was something that measured how intelligent you were— like a scale in the drugstore weighs pounds.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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