PD
English
Noun
PD (countable and uncountable, plural PDs)
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police department.
- (electronics) Initialism of phase detector.
- Initialism of public domain.
- 1988, The Linguist: Journal of the Institute of Linguists (page 105)
- It is forbidden to market the software although PD libraries are entitled to charge for such supporting costs as administration, distribution etc.
- 1988, The Linguist: Journal of the Institute of Linguists (page 105)
- Initialism of peritoneal dialysis.
- Initialism of penile duplication.
- (U.S. military) Abbreviation of period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams).
- 1944, telegram to Gen. Carl Andrew Spaatz from Gen. Jimmy Doolittle; Edward Renehan, The Kennedys at War, 1937-1945 (2002), Doubleday, page 304:
- ... WILFORD J. WILLY CMA SR GRADE LIEUTENANT AND JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR GRADE LIEUTENANT CMA BOTH USNR CMA WERE KILLED PD COMMANDER SMITH ...
- 1944, telegram to Gen. Carl Andrew Spaatz from Gen. Jimmy Doolittle; Edward Renehan, The Kennedys at War, 1937-1945 (2002), Doubleday, page 304:
- Initialism of professional development.
- Initialism of public defender.
- Initialism of Parkinson’s disease.
- Initialism of Process Deviation.
- (electronics) Initialism of power delivery.
- (electricity) Initialism of partial discharge.
Proper noun
PD
- (Ireland) Initialism of Progressive Democrats, a former political party disbanded in 2008.
- (Malaysia) Initialism of Port Dickson, a town and district.
- 2016, Salleh Mohd Radzi, Mohd Hafiz Mohd Hanafiah, Norzuwana Sumarjan, Heritage, Culture and Society, →ISBN:
- This qualitative approach was used in re-vitalising Port Dickson (PD) as a leading beach tourism destination for Malaysia. PD was a top beach resort tourism destination in her glory days of 1990s.
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- 2018 October 13, Hazlin Hassan, “Anwar Ibrahim storms to victory in Port Dickson by-election, wins 72% of vote”, in The Straits Times[1], →OCLC:
- Ms Lau said she hoped "PD will be transformed as promised in so many ways", using the common moniker for the seaside town. "It is good […] to develop PD. That is what everyone in PD wants,"
Phrase
(deprecated template usage) PD
- (cartography) Initialism of position doubtful.
- Coordinate term: ED
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Homophone of pédé.
Pronunciation
Noun
PD m (uncountable)
German
Noun
PD m
Indonesian
Noun
PD
- Initialism of pakaian dinas.
- Initialism of percaya diri.
Italian
Alternative forms
Proper noun
PD m
Spanish
Noun
PD f (uncountable)
- Alternative form of P. D.
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