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fp

1 American  

  1. Music. forte-piano.

  2. Sports. forward pass.

f.p. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. fireplug.

  2. foolscap.

  3. foot-pound; foot-pounds.

  4. Music. forte-piano.

  5. freezing point.

  6. fully paid.

F.P. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. foot-pound.

FP 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. former pupil

  2. freezing point

  3. fully paid

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fp 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. fine point

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symbol

  1. music fortepiano

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Example Sentences

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Some fraction of those stars, fp, would actually form planets, and some number of those planets, ne, would be suitable for life.

From Slate • Sep. 27, 2013

We take the fraction of stars that have planets, fp, as roughly equal to Vs.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Front and hind end seen from dorsal surface. fa, fp, fc, feelers; a, eye; k, gill; p, parapodia; ac, anal cirri.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

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