ps

¹ American  

1. picosecond; picoseconds.

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PS ² American  

1. phrase structure.

2. power steering.

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ps. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. pieces.

2. pseudonym.

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Ps. ⁴ American  

Or Psa

abbreviation

Bible.

1. Psalm; Psalms.

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p.s. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. postscript.

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P.S. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. passenger steamer.

2. permanent secretary.

3. postscript.

4. Privy Seal.

5. Theater. prompt side.

6. Public School.

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PS ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Passenger Steamer

2. phrase structure

3. Police Sergeant

4. Also: ps.  postscript

5. private secretary

6. prompt side

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Ps. ² British  

abbreviation

1. Psalm

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ps ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Palestinian Territories

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Example Sentences

In the early months after Goldberg’s death, Sandberg says she made the three classic mistakes – “the three ps – personalisation, pervasiveness and permanence”.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2017

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

There is a lengthy profile of Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy that describes his friendshi ps with Marina Abramovic and Courtney Love.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2010

Posterior to the blastopore 2 the primitive streak, ps, is seen as a collection of scattered cells between the ectoderm and the entoderm, apparently formed by proliferation from the ventral side of the ectoderm.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.