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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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Favors, speeches, etc. ps someone may want to look at Al Gore as well.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2016

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

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

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

Sales came in at $7,898m, vs cons $7,887m and core EPS of $1.50 ps vs consensus €1.47 per share.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2010

Pl, as in plume; pld, rippl'd; plst, rippl'st; plz, apples; pr, prince; ps, sips; pst, rapp'st; pt, ripp'd.

From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Charles W. Sanders

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

Joshua Davis, a concierge stylist and PS member in Atlanta, appreciates the company’s small touches, like the refrigerator filled with bottled matcha, juices and water waiting just past security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

PS I followed her truck’s tire tracks out to the road and shut the gate tight.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

"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

He occasionally cites opinions of the Jews, e.g., on Ps. viii.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

These are the same conceptions as are referred to in Ps. civ. 1-4—they are not deities, but ministers.

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

And to give but one other out of very numerous instances, Ps. lxviii.

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord

“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

“Our customers have asked for that p.s. service into our premier hub.”

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

Sydelle pressed, but Angela read only the postscript aloud: p.s.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

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

And sure enough, you know, within a year or two, Germany was saying, “No, we want all of Czechoslovakia. And, P.S., we want Poland.”

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025

Late last month, though, Bolinas resident John Borg nailed a new message to the top of the sign — the wooden equivalent of a P.S. on a letter.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2025

In 1981, Basquiat was included in the P.S.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

April 28—In a dream last night I heard Mom screaming at Dad and the teacher at the elementary school P.S.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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