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  • plural of P.
  • a variation of psec.
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  • ps
    ps
    picosecond; picoseconds.
  • PS
    PS
    phrase structure.
  • ps.
    ps.
    abbreviation
    pieces.
  • Ps.
    Ps.
    abbreviation
    Psalm; Psalms.
  • p.s.
    p.s.
    abbreviation
    postscript.
  • P.S.
    P.S.
    abbreviation
    passenger steamer.

ps

1 American  
  1. picosecond; picoseconds.


PS 2 American  
  1. phrase structure.

  2. power steering.


ps. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. pieces.

  2. pseudonym.


Ps. 4 American  
Or Psa

abbreviation

Bible.
  1. Psalm; Psalms.


p.s. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. postscript.


P.S. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. passenger steamer.

  2. permanent secretary.

  3. postscript.

  4. Privy Seal.

  5. Theater. prompt side.

  6. Public School.


PS 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Passenger Steamer

  2. phrase structure

  3. Police Sergeant

  4. Also: ps. postscript

  5. private secretary

  6. prompt side

"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

Ps. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Psalm

"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

ps 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Palestinian Territories

"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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The standard normal distribution in probability, ps, corresponds to μ = 0 and σ = 1.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

And ps, his team didn't beat the Jets this week as much as the Jets beat themselves.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2015

For example, because of their lifetimes of about 1.5 ps and their production at the LHC with momenta between a few GeV/c and ~100 GeV/c, mesons travel up to a few centimetres before they decay.

From Nature ● May 12, 2015

He taught me the bs, ms and ps, and how to place your tongue on the top of your mouth.

From The Guardian ● May 7, 2010

Had a Vandue of old Cloaths which amounted to 101 ps.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by J. Franklin (John Franklin) Jameson

St Colman's PS Lambeg said that parents should "come immediately" and collect children and "please don't panic the children are all safe".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Walking, Justice PS Narasimha wrote, is "the simplest of the simple human activity, inextricably connected to life".

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

That is what PS specializes in: Anyone with a commercial ticket can book its private terminals at major airports in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas and Atlanta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

PS facilities have shared lounges and private suites, as well as their own TSA agents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

While the rest of the family was at PS 737’s school cafeteria wrapping gifts for the toy drive, Isa and Jessie went about their dinner preparations without a word, every sound echoing throughout the kitchen.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

"And I’m going to discuss this again this week. Thankfully I have a platform to clarify what the media loves to distort. @justbpodcast ps. I’m not afraid of cancelation so not afraid of charged discussions."

From Fox News ● Sep. 29, 2021

In reference to the now-iconic photo of herself donning a beret while standing next to Clinton, she added: "ps. don’t wear a beret for awhile, k?"

From Fox News ● Jun. 18, 2021

Bought four milch goats at 9 ps. each, and laid in a large stock of dhurra straw for the animals.

From The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile by Sir Samuel White Baker

"I have tears streaming down my face as I write this!! Thank you. I needed this tonight!!!! Ps. Isn't she so neat?! Thank you."

From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2022

“This self-quarantine is crazy. I am losing my mind. Did I tell you about my date last night, Ps. He was so weird. I’ll call you right back, I am going to walk my dog.”

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2020

No. 12 has many interpretations in the A. V., viz., "meditation," "speaking," "talking," "complaining," "declaring," in one instance only is it translated "pray," and that in the apparently important text Ps. lv.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman

The one is a Sermon on Ps. iv.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by William Dunn Macray

Both of them give this quotation from Ps. xxii.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels

“Our p.s. service to JFK has been some of our financially worst performing flights for years,” explains airline spokeswoman Christen David.

From Forbes ● Jun. 18, 2015

United needs more slots to increase its p.s. service at Newark, which led to the proposed swaps with Delta.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 2015

There are also letters from Italian public figures like Bruno Vespa, a well known television journalist—like an Italian Mike Wallace—whose note with a donation of €10,000 donation to the Church included a peculiar p.s.:

From Newsweek ● May 24, 2012

I really hope I can receive your timely advice. p.s.

From Salon ● May 21, 2012

Write it so many times that it's hard to walk on our side of the street without looking down and seeing us there. p.s.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson

In a final post, Atletico added, external: "P.S. Taking advantage of the good relationship with your new president, let's see if you stop 'stealing' players from our Academy. Thanks a lot, @realmadrid!"

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

“After weeks of rumors, Teyana Taylor and Aaron Pierre are making it Instagram official. My Shaylaaaaa!!! P.S. It should be illegal for two people this beautiful to be together!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025

“It truly highlighted the need for accessible, comprehensive care options for all families facing similar challenge,” he said, adding that now he is the founder of a professional home health care agency, P.S.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2024

In 1977, she was hired to teach dance at P.S.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

Instead I was stuck at that white school, P.S.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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