Cp Definition & Meaning

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British

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Synonyms CP 1 American

1. candlepower.

cP 2 American Or cp

1. centipoise.

cp. 3 American

abbreviation

1. compare.

c.p. 4 American

abbreviation

1. chemically pure.

2. circular pitch.

3. command post.

4. common pleas.

C.P. 5 American

abbreviation

1. Chief Patriarch.

2. command post.

3. Common Prayer.

4. Communist Party.

CP 1 British

abbreviation

1. Canadian Press

2. military Command Post

3. Common Prayer

4. Communist Party

5. (formerly in Britain) Community Programme

6. Court of Probate

"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 cp 2 British

abbreviation

1. candlepower

2. chemically pure

"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 cp. 3 British

abbreviation

1. compare

"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

Example Sentences

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Chris Price, a.k.a. comedian CP, is a killer on the mic.

From Los Angeles Times

The PQ symmetry addresses the strong CP problem, which asks why experiments fail to detect the tiny electric dipole moment that theory predicts for the neutron.

From Science Daily

A team of physicists in Japan has now shown that knotted structures can naturally appear in a realistic particle physics model that also addresses several major mysteries, including the origins of neutrino masses, dark matter, and the strong CP problem.

From Science Daily

Like comedian CP’s episodes, he’s just riffing.

From Los Angeles Times

If future studies confirm the normal ordering, scientists will still need more data to clarify whether CP symmetry is broken.

From Science Daily

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