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abbr. ∎ passenger steamer. ∎ permanent secretary. ∎ police sergeant. ∎ postscript. ∎ private secretary. ∎ Privy Seal. ∎ Theater prompt side. ∎ Public School.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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views updated May 29 2018ps Military passed school of instruction (of officers)
• Physics, symbol for picosecond(s)
• postscript
The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH
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views updated May 11 2018Ps. Short for Ger. Posaunen, i.e. tbs.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE