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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 16th letter of the Roman alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("P" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("P" is a member of...):
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
Synonyms:
atomic number 15; []; phosphorus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("P" is a kind of...):
chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
Holonyms ("P" is a substance of...):
apatite (a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus)
Context examples:
I was convinced that the initials ‘P.C.’ upon the pouch were a coincidence, and not those of Peter Carey, since he seldom smoked, and no pipe was found in his cabin.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It will be so ridiculous to see all his letters directed to him with an M.P. But do you know, he says, he will never frank for me?
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
“C. P. Barkis,” he cried faintly.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The determination of the amount of amyloid P present in a sample.
(Amyloid P Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
The newsboys, as he went, were crying themselves hoarse along the footways: “Special edition. Shocking murder of an M.P.”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
About two o'clock p.m. I entered the village.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
P.S. The more I think the more desperate does our position seem.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A measurement of the total amyloid P in a biological specimen.
(Amyloid P Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Ansamitomicin P-3 binds to tubulin at the maytansine-binding site, thereby inhibiting microtubule assembly, inducing microtubule disassembly, and disrupting mitosis.
(Ansamitomicin P-3, NCI Thesaurus)
Cassini's closest approach, within 295 miles (474 kilometers) of Dione's surface, will occur at 11:33 a.m. PDT (2:33 p.m. EDT).
(Cassini to Make Last Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione, NASA)
