SPS

See also: sps, Sps, SPs, s.p.s., and šps

English

Noun

SPS (plural SPSes or SPSs)

1. Initialism of supplementary policy statement.
2. (aviation) Initialism of stall protection/prevention system.
3. (pathology) Initialism of stiff person syndrome.

   Synonym: SMS

4. (pathology) Initialism of sticky platelet syndrome.
5. (electricity) Initialism of supplementary power system/supply.
   1. (electricity) Initialism of standby power system/supply.

      Synonym: SBPS

6. (electricity) Initialism of smart power system/supply.
7. (electricity) Initialism of stand-alone power system/supply.

   Synonym: SAPS

   1. Initialism of standalone photovoltaic system/supply.

      Synonyms: SAPVS, SPVS, SAPS

8. (electricity) Initialism of solar power station.
   1. (aerospace) Initialism of solar power satellite.

      Coordinate terms: SBSP, SSP

9. (aerospace) Initialism of satellite power system.
10. (psychology) Initialism of sensory processing sensitivity.
11. (psychology) Initialism of small penis syndrome.
    • 2016 October 4, Jefferson Bass [pseudonym; Jon Jefferson], chapter 3, in Without Mercy (Body Farm; 10), New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 22:

      “You know, if anybody else were driving that thing, I’d be tempted to diagnose a case of SPS compensation.” / “Of what compensation?” / “SPS.” / “I heard what you said,” I told her. “I just don’t know what it means.” / “SPS? Small penis syndrome.” / “Eww,” I said. / “SPS compensation means driving a huge truck or a souped-up car—or shooting giant guns, or acting supermacho—to compensate for a sense of manly inadequacy. Mind you,” she added, “I doubt that Waylon actually suffers from SPS.”

    • 2017 November 21, Sarah Young, “‘King of Instagram’ Dan Bilzerian condemns trophy hunters as ‘dudes with small d****’”, in The Independent‎^[1], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 November 2017:

      Taking to Twitter, the high-stakes professional poker player called out trophy hunters by implying that their cruel hobby was the result of having ‘SPS’ – small penis syndrome.

    • 2020 May 12, Daniel Kalla, chapter 7, in The Last High: A Thriller, Toronto, Ont.: Simon & Schuster Canada, →ISBN, page 40:

      “And how about our ever-charming heart surgeon? Any more rumblings from Harold the Great?” / “I hear he’s forwarding the case for formal review.” / “Harold is too tall for short man’s complex. So there’s only one other possible explanation. SPS.” / “SPS? I’m afraid to even ask.” / Goran’s eyes light up. “Small penis syndrome.”

12. Initialism of senior parliamentary secretary.

Hyponyms

stall protection system

• stick pusher
• stick shaker

Proper noun

SPS

1. (US, aerospace, astronautics) Initialism of Service Propulsion System.
2. Initialism of Scottish Prison Service.

See also

Service Propulsion System

• OMS
• RCS
• SRB
• SSME

Further reading

• SPS on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• P.S.S., PSS, Pss., SSP, p*ss

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

SPS f (genitive SPS, plural SPS)

1. (electronics) initialism of speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung
2. (psychiatry) initialism of schizoide Persönlichkeitsstörung
3. (psychiatry) initialism of Skin-Picking-Störung

Declension

Declension of SPS [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	SPS	die	SPS
genitive	einer	der	SPS	der	SPS
dative	einer	der	SPS	den	SPS
accusative	eine	die	SPS	die	SPS