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LP

1

abbreviation for

  1. long playing; long play:
    1. a vinyl phonograph record played at 33 1/3 rpm and typically containing seven or more tracks, or one or more long classical pieces.
    2. a full-length music album, typically comprised of ten to twelve songs: called LP as an evolution of the traditional long-playing record, albums in other formats are not known by the underlying expanded form, and identified only by the abbreviation.


L.P.

2
or l.p.

abbreviation for

  1. long primer.
  2. low pressure.

L/P

1

abbreviation for

  1. letterpress
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LP

2

abbreviation for

  1. (in Britain) Lord Provost
  2. Alsolp low pressure
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LP

3

noun

    1. a long-playing gramophone record: usually one 12 inches (30 cm) or 10 inches (25 cm) in diameter, designed to rotate at 33 1 3 revolutions per minute Compare EP
    2. ( as modifier )

      an LP sleeve

  1. long play: a slow-recording facility on a VCR which allows twice the length of material to be recorded on a tape from that of standard play
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • min·i-LP noun plural miniLPs miniLPs
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Word History and Origins

Origin of LP1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

Triton prices the 1000/3 LP at a cool $3.15 million—inclusive of pilot training.

My two favorite tracks on the LP are the only two that successfully avoid this middle-of-the-road approach.

Earlier this week I got an advance copy of his new LP, Lazaretto; it hasn't left my earbuds since.

After extensive touring to support their third LP, the band cut ties with Thrill Jockey.

But, midway through recording the LP, Hurricane Sandy struck and left the band rattled.

Lp one of the third kind, wch (it may bee), is a straunger to your Lp.

Some of the Ditmarschers, pursuing the frightened animal, exclaimed Lp, lp!

Thus they bring many of them back prisoners, and sell them in the lp.97and of Egypt and in the surrounding countries.

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