pes

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pes (Lat.). Foot.
1. Name for the ten. in Eng. mus. MSS of 13th and 14th cents., also for 2 lower parts in Sumer is icumen in (as ground bass).

2. Synonym for podatus, a melodic figure in the old neum notation.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE

pes

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pes (payz) n. (in anatomy) the foot or a part resembling a foot. p. clavus see claw-foot. p. planus see flat-foot.

A Dictionary of Nursing

PES

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PES Acronym for programmable electronic system. A term used in certain official guidelines and standards to describe a complete computer-based system. For example in an industrial process-control application, the input sensors, the computer hardware and software, and the output actuators would comprise the PES.

A Dictionary of Computing JOHN DAINTITH

PES

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PES Chem. photoelectron spectroscopy
• Chem. potential-energy surface
• Computing programmable electronic system

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH