BP
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Proper noun edit
BP
- Initialism of British Petroleum.
- 2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 203:
- I was at the BP station, filling up my daddy’s Chrysler with gas, when I finally heard what I think was my mama’s voice in my ear.
- (pharmacy) Initialism of British Pharmacopoeia.
- Initialism of Brazilian Portuguese.
Noun edit
BP (countable and uncountable, plural BPs)
- Initialism of blood pressure.
- 2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix (2012), pages 81–82:
- I was concerned to find the BP even higher when I took it.
- Initialism of boiling point.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of base pair.
- (uncountable) Abbreviation of benzoyl peroxide.
- Synonym: BPO
- (business) Initialism of business plan.
- (machine learning) Initialism of backpropagation.
Adverb edit
BP (not comparable)
- (sciences) Initialism of Before Present, conventionally relative to radiocarbon dating in the 1950s.
- Synonym: YBP
Usage notes edit
See YBP.
Adjective edit
BP
- Initialism of bipolar.
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
BP f (plural BPs)
- Initialism of boîte postale.
- (nautical) FV: Alternative form of B/P
Scottish Gaelic edit
Noun edit
BP
- Initialism of Ball Pàrlamaid (Member of Parliament)
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BP
- Initialism of brandpost (“fire hydrant”).
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
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BP (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ ᜉᜒ) (law)
- Initialism of batas pambansa.