BP

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See also: bp, Bp, Bp., and B/P
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English

Proper noun

BP

  1. 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.
  2. (pharmacy) Initialism of British Pharmacopoeia.
  3. Initialism of Brazilian Portuguese.

Noun

BP (countable and uncountable, plural BPs)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of blood pressure.
  2. Initialism of boiling point.
  3. (biochemistry) Initialism of base pair.
  4. (uncountable) Abbreviation of benzoyl peroxide.
    Synonym: BPO
  5. (business) Initialism of business plan.
  6. (machine learning) Initialism of backpropagation.

Adverb

BP (not comparable)

  1. (sciences) Initialism of Before Present, conventionally relative to radiocarbon dating in the 1950s.
    Synonym: YBP
    • 2013, Alastair G. Dawson, Ice Age Earth: Late Quaternary Geology and Climate, Routledge, →ISBN, page 107:
      Later diversion of lake drainage between 11,000 and 10,000 BP, due to ice retreat, led to the discharge of Agassiz meltwaters into the western North Atlantic.

Usage notes

See YBP.

Adjective

BP

  1. Initialism of bipolar.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be.pe/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

BP f (plural BPs)

  1. Initialism of boîte postale.
  2. (nautical) FV: Alternative form of B/P

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Phrase

BP

  1. (military) Initialism of bawah perintah (“assignment; under command”).

Noun

BP (plural BP-BP)

  1. (education) Initialism of budi pekerti.
  2. Initialism of bekal pokok (“basic allowance”).
  3. Initialism of buku petunjuk (“directory; manual, guide, regulation”).

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

BP

  1. Initialism of Ball Pàrlamaid (Member of Parliament)

Swedish

A flag marking a fire hydrant 0.8 meters (2.6 ft) to the left.

Noun

BP

  1. Initialism of brandpost (“fire hydrant”).

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

BP (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ ᜉᜒ) (law)

  1. Initialism of batas pambansa.
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