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Definition: Pd |
PdNoun1. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | PD /P-D/ adj. [common] Abbreviation for `public domain', applied to software distributed over Usenet and from Internet archive sites. Much of this software is not in fact public domain in the legal sense but travels under various copyrights granting reproduction and use rights to anyone who can snarf a copy. See copyleft. Source: Jargon File. |
Census | (Position Description) A description of the duties and responsibilities used to classify positions and determine grade levels. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PD | English | Par Disc | N/A |
PD | French | Prime de développement industriel | Finance, Industry |
PD | Italian | Pubblico Dominio(Public domain).Software e distribuzione libera e gratuita.E'un oggetto software che l'autore(o l'avente diritto)offre liberamente al pubblico degli utilizzatori,senza ri-chiedere pagamenti,royalty o riconoscimenti vari. | Abbreviation |
PD | Swedish | Fysisk leverans | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PdSynonyms: atomic number 46 (n), palladium (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pd |
| Specialty definitions using "Pd": regexp ♦ ZAPP. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | MJ Blaser, PD Smith, JI Ravdin, HB Greenberg, RL Guerrant, editors. (references) | |
A rare form of inherited PD is caused by a mutation in the gene that directs the production of alpha-synuclein, and the mutated alpha-synuclein forms insoluble deposits. (references) | ||
The diagnostic process is crucial not only to accurately identify AD but to rule out other conditions that might be causing cognitive problems or dementia, such as stroke, PD, or inappropriate doses of medications. (references) | ||
Business | Developed countries generally use the three-way converter (TWC), which uses the precious metals pt, pd, and rh as catalysts. (references) | |
Political Economy | Romania | The National Convention of the PD held in May 2001 elected Bucharest mayor Traian Basescu as party chairman, replacing former PM and foreign minister Petre Roman. (references) |
Ireland | Mary Harney, the first woman to head a major party in Ireland, succeeded Des O'Malley as PD leader in 1993. The PDs won four seats in the 1997 elections, and entered Bertie Ahern's coalition government. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Michael J. Fox | I'm one of a million involuntary experts on Parkinson's Disease in the United States, battling its destructive nature as we wait for a cure. We need a rescue and the country should know it. I'm also here because I'm a guy with PD who happens to be on TV. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Pd" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 73.42% of the time. "Pd" is used about 79 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 73.42% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Noun (singular) | 21.52% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (common) | 3.8% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.27% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 79 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Pd": Bromfenex PD ♦ Iofed PD. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Pd": Bromfed-PD, Rhinosyn-PD. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pd | 196 | beach long pd | 9 |
250 fender pd | 166 | pd james | 8 |
sony pd 150 | 67 | atlanta pd | 8 |
pd 150 | 27 | apex pd 10 | 8 |
pd plus | 27 | george pd | 8 |
g phed pd | 25 | pd blower | 7 |
650 apex pd | 24 | oceanside pd | 7 |
chicago pd | 18 | miami pd | 7 |
prolex pd | 17 | francisco pd san | 7 |
diego pd san | 15 | pd seattle | 7 |
pd phoenix | 13 | county pd suffolk | 7 |
las pd vegas | 12 | library pd | 7 |
dallas pd | 11 | histex pd | 7 |
sony dsr pd 150 | 10 | pd computer | 6 |
pd 5010 | 10 | fhe gjacw isdl pd tipolmnkl tr | 6 |
houston pd | 10 | irvine pd | 6 |
ana pd santa | 10 | pd sacramento | 6 |
anaheim pd | 10 | pd star | 6 |
jose pd san | 9 | 100 apex pd | 6 |
austin pd | 9 | orlando pd | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Pd"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Albanian | paladium (palladium). (various references) | ||||
Chinese | ' (palladium). (various references) | ||||
German | bezahlt (antes, disburses, free from debt, paid, payments, pays), bez.. (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | プレヤデス星団 (Pleiades cluster, prelude, prerelease, probe, professional, program, program analyzer, program director, programmer, programming, proxy). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | プログラ ディレクター (program director). (various references) | ||||
Korean | "라" (palladium). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | pday | ||||
Derivations | |
Words containing "Pd": clampdown, clampdowns, flapdoodle, flapdoodles, lapdog, lapdogs, sheepdog, sheepdogs, slapdash, slapdashes, snapdragon, snapdragons, stepdame, stepdames, stepdaughter, stepdaughters, topdressing, topdressings, trapdoor, trapdoors, updart, updarted, updarting, updarts, update, updated, updater, updaters, updates, updating, updive, updived, updives, updiving, updo, updos, updove, updraft, updrafts, updried, updries, updry, updrying. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "d-p" | |
+1 letter: dap, dip, dup, pad, ped, pod, pud. | |
+2 letters: aped, apod, damp, daps, deep, dips, dipt, dopa, dope, dopy, dorp, drip, drop, dump, dupe, dups, oped, padi, pads, paid, pard, peds, peed, pend, pied, pled, plod, pods, pond, pood, prod, puds, sped, spud, updo. | |
+3 letters: adapt, adept, adopt, aphid, apods, biped, bipod, caped, coped, cupid, damps, deeps, depot, depth, dippy, dipso, dopas, doped, doper, dopes, dopey, dorps, drape, drips, dript, droop, drops, dropt, drupe, dumps, dumpy, duped, duper, dupes, duple, ephod, epode, gaped, hoped, hyped, imped, japed, lipid, loped, moped, opted, paced, paddy, padis, padle, padre, padri, paged, pagod, paled, panda, pandy, paned, pardi, pards, pardy, pared, pated, paved, pavid, pawed, payed, pedal, pedes, pedro, pends, perdu, perdy, piked, piled, pined, piped, plaid, plead, plied, plods, podgy, podia, poind, poked, poled, ponds, poods, pored, posed, pound, poxed, preed, pride, pried, prods, proud, prude, pseud, pudgy, pudic, puked, puled, purda, pyoid, raped, rapid, redip, riped, roped, sapid, siped, spade, spado, spaed, speed, spend, spied, spode, spuds, spued, taped, tepid, toped, typed, umped, updos, updry, upend, upped, vapid, wiped. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5070 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Quotations: Spoken 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Derivations 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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