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Date "SP" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | SP Simplicity and Power. A Prolog-like language. ["Simplicity and Power - Simplifying Ideas in Computing", J.G. Wolff, Computer J 33(6):518-534 (Dec 1990)]. (1994-12-01). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Aerospace | = solid propellant.Abbreviation. (references) |
Census | (Special Place) A place where people live or stay that is different from the usual private house, apartment, or mobile home, and requires different decennial census procedures. Examples are hospitals, prisons, hotels, motels, orphanages, nursing homes, dormitories, marinas, military installations, and large rooming or boarding houses. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Santos is a municipality in the São Paulo state of Brazil founded in 1543. It is partially located on the island of São Vicente in the Atlantic ocean, and partially on the mainland. As of 1996, its population was approximately 412,000. Santos is a significant tourist center, and has large industrial complexes and shipping centers which handle a large portion of the world's coffee exports, as well as a number of other Brazilian exports including oranges, bananas, and cotton.
External link
- Santos' official home page (In Portuguese)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Santos."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
São Paulo is the wealthiest state in Brazil. See São Paulo (state).São Paulo is also the capital of the state with the same name. See São Paulo (city).
Finally, São Paulo is the name of a soccer team. See SPFC.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "So Paulo."
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São Paulo is a state in Brazil. Its population as of 2003 is approximately 33 million.
Flag of São PauloSão Paulo is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy.
Geography: São Paulo State has an area of approximately 248,800 sq. km. Population: approximately 38 million. Economy: São Paulo state is responsible for approximately one-third of Brazilian GNP.
Important cities are São Paulo (capital), Campinas, Santos, Ribeirão Preto. Other cities include: Araraquara, São Carlos, São José dos Campos, São José do Rio Preto, Barretos, Riversul.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "So Paulo (state)."
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The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (founded on October 21, 1888) is one of the four leading political parties in Switzerland. It is the left-most party with representatives in the Federal Council of Switzerland.
Presidents
See also: List of political parties in Switzerland
- Christiane Brunner (2000 to date)
- Ursula Koch (1997 - 2000)
- Peter Bodenmann (1990 - 1997)
- Helmut Hubacher (1975 - 1990)
- Arthur Schmid (1970 - 1974)
- Fritz Grütter (1962 - 1970)
- Walter Bringolf (1953 - 1962)
- Hans Oprecht (1937 - 1953)
- Alexander Reichel (1888 - 1889)
External links
- www.sp-ps.ch: The Web site, only available in French and German.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Social Democratic Party of Switzerland."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
SP may stand for:
This is a Wikipedia disambiguation page. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix it.
- São Paulo
- Saskpower (Canada)
- Secondary power
- Service pack
- Shore patrol (US Navy)
- Short perforation (philately)
- Signal processor
- Silver piece (role-playing games)
- South Park
- South Pole
- Stack pointer (computers)
- State park (US)
- State police (US)
- Suppressive Person - in the Church of Scientology, formally a condemned and shunned heretic or wrongdoer, loosely used to describe a source of trouble
- Political parties:
- Socialist Party or Social-democrat Party
- Samata Party (India)
- Saskatchewan Party
- Schleswigsche Partei
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "SP."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A space is a punctuation convention for providing interword separation in some scripts, including the Latin, Cyrillic, and Arabic.Not all languages use spaces between words; the ancient Latin and Greek did not. Spaces were not used to separate words until roughly 600-800 AD. (See interword separation for more on the history.) Traditionally, all CJK languages have no space: modern Chinese and Japanese still don't, but modern Korea uses space.
In computer programming, the space corresponds to Unicode and ASCII character 32, or 0x0020.
In programming language syntax, spaces are frequently used to explicitly separate tokens. Aside from this use, spaces and other whitespace are usually ignored by most modern programming languages; Python is one exception.
In word processors and text editorss, if a line on a screen is shorter than the width of the screen or window, then the empty space to the right usually does not correspond with space characters in the file: there is simply a code indicating that the next text should be put on a new line. Thus, the size of the file is not made unnecessarily larger. If there are space characters, one usually does not see the difference; text editors and word processors often have an option to make them visible. Also, if there is a space character, the cursor can move there, otherwise usually not.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Space (punctuation)."
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In chemistry, the term standard temperature and pressure (abbreviated STP) denotes an exact reference temperature of 0°C (273.15 K) and pressure of 1 atm (defined as 101325 Pa).
These values approximate freezing temperature and atmospheric pressure at sea level.
See also:
- standard state
In aviation, standard temperature and pressure at sea level are 15°C and 29.92 in. Hg (1013.2 millibars). These values provide a reference for calculating various aircraft performance figures, such as endurance, range, airspeed, and fuel consumption. When used to calculate performance at any pressure altitude other than sea level, the temperature is adjusted using the dry adiabatic lapse rate.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Standard temperature and pressure."
| 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 |
SP | Danish | Det socialistiske parti | N/A |
SP | Dutch | Socialistische Partij | N/A |
SP | English | Self-propelled | N/A |
SP | French | Spectrométrie | Chemistry, Meteorology & Standards |
SP | German | Sozialistische Partei | N/A |
SP | Italian | Spettrometria | Chemistry, Meteorology & Standards |
| Sp. | English | Species | Language |
| Sp. | French | Spécifique | Medicine |
| Sp.Gew. | German | Spezifisches Gewicht | Meteorology & Standards, Physics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: SP |
| English words defined with "SP": lateen sail ♦ Yerba reuma. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SP": actual zone of indecision, African horse sickness, African horse-sickness ♦ Conklin process, cueva ♦ Dihydro-beta-Erythroidine, Dupont process ♦ equine plague ♦ Federal Home Loan Bank Board Memorandum ♦ GNU superoptimiser, grueso ♦ legua ♦ mineral bruto, mineral carbonatado, mineral de fusion propia ♦ pitch pocket ♦ regulatory bulletin, resin gall, resin pocket, roca ♦ sanguinari, siderosa, stack pointer ♦ thrift bulletin, turist ♦ Ua ♦ Wuensch process. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SP": Fault. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hip-Hop SP (1990) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
Protoscolices of Echinococcus sp. Hydatid sand. Parasite. Credit: CDC. | Proglottid of Mesocestoides sp. Tapeworm, cestode, parasite. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | Etisus splendidus, sp. nov. In: "The Brachyura and Macrura of the Hawaiian Islands" by Mary J. Rathbun. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XXIII, for 1903. Part III. P. 930. Plate III. Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Taylor's Sea Slug, Phyllaplysia taylori, is common on blades of eelgrass (Zostera sp.) in low intertidal areas from Nanaimo, British Columbia to San Diego, California. The body is dorsoventrally flattened and from 25 to 45 cm long. Its color mimics Zostera, with a bright green base with brown-black and white spots. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
![]() | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Aster sp. at John's Pond Bog. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). | ![]() | Spotted eagle ray soars over Florida Keys reefs. Aetobatus sp. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
![]() | Green moray eel caught in a fish trap eats the other inmates. Gymnothorax sp. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | ![]() | Long-spined porcupine fish - Diodon sp. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
![]() | Seahorse - Hippocampus sp. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. | ![]() | Multiple species visible - an unfished population of tropical reef fishes Predominantly Monotaxis sp., Grandoculis sp., and Scaridae sp Sparid, and mixed group of parrotfish species. Credit: Small World. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Eletric and Trees" by André Guergolet Commentary: "The view of Riberao Pires, SP - Brasil." | "Arvore Japonesa" by Wilian Campos Commentary: "Olhar de um Ipê, praça Vitória Régia - Bauru - SP - Basil ,, Myr." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Albania | In June the SP held a major election rally in Tirana that was met with a counterrally by the DP. The police detained more than a dozen DP supporters after they allegedly began attacking the police. (references) |
Economic History | Egypt | Egyptian Land Forces: spare parts and major assembly support for M1A1 tanks, M60 series tanks, M113 series APCs, M109A2 SP artillery pieces, M88 recovery vehicles, TOW, TPQ-37 radars, radios, and numerous tactical wheeled vehicles. (references) |
Belgium | The Socialists also split along linguistic lines in 1978. Patrick Janssens is head of the Flemish Socialist Party (SP) and Deputy Elio Di Rupo is president of the Francophone Socialists (PS). In general, the Walloon Socialists tend to concentrate on domestic issues. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SP" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 63.24% of the time. "SP" is used about 204 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 (singular) | 63.24% | 129 | 28,132 |
| Unclassified Items | 21.57% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Noun (common) | 15.2% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Total | 100.00% | 204 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | SP Telecommunications Ltd. | Denmark | SP Group A.S. |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "SP": Cordran SP ♦ Green Sulphur Sp ♦ SP code ♦ SP code group ♦ SP personalisation ♦ White Sulphur Sp. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "SP": sp-sp-sp-speech, sp-uk-conv. | |
Ending with "SP": af-sp, giv-sp. | |
| 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 |
game boy advance sp | 2,046 | conexant pci rs56 sp | 31 |
sp | 911 | rcv336acf sp | 29 |
game boy sp | 764 | dunlop sp sport a2 | 28 |
sp 500 | 712 | advance boy game platinum sp | 26 |
game boy advanced sp | 215 | accessory alpha arctic cat part sp we | 26 |
gba sp | 163 | midi sp | 25 |
advance sp | 109 | betacam sp | 24 |
detran sp | 100 | rlvdl56dpf sp | 24 |
pci rs56 sp | 80 | advance boy buy game sp | 23 |
accessory advance boy game sp | 78 | accessory boy game sp | 22 |
advance boy game game sp | 73 | pci rh56d sp | 22 |
advance boy game nintendo sp | 53 | sp rating | 22 |
sp richards | 48 | advance boy game sp system | 21 |
advance boy cheap game sp | 47 | window xp sp | 21 |
cinema craft encoder sp | 44 | advance boy game price sp | 20 |
engineering sp | 39 | advance boy cheat game sp | 19 |
advance boy game review sp | 37 | sp 1200 | 19 |
boy game game sp | 35 | accessory gba sp | 19 |
sp 500 index | 33 | advance boy case game sp | 18 |
advance black boy game sp | 32 | acompanhantes sp | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "SP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 固体推进剂. (various references) | |
French | Aphanomycose Astacus sp.(crayfish plague) (Aphanomycosis Astacus sp). (various references) | |
German | Krebspest (Aphanomycosis Astacus sp, crayfish plague), Aphanomykose (Aphanomycosis Astacus sp, crayfish plague), Aphanomyces-Krankheit (Aphanomycosis Astacus sp, crayfish plague). (various references) | |
Hungarian | önjáró (mobile, self propelling, self-propelled), önhajtású (self-propelled). (various references) | |
Korean | 출발점. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | spay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | afanomicose (Aphanomycosis Astacus sp, crayfish plague). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SP": spa, space, spaceband, spacebands, spacecraft, spacecrafts, spaced, spaceflight, spaceflights, spaceless, spaceman, spacemen, spaceport, spaceports, spacer, spacers, spaces, spaceship, spaceships, spacesuit, spacesuits, spacewalk, spacewalked, spacewalker, spacewalkers, spacewalking, spacewalks, spaceward, spacey, spacial, spacier, spaciest, spacing, spacings, spacious, spaciously, spaciousness, spaciousnesses, spackle, spackled, spackles, spackling, spacy, spade, spaded, spadefish, spadefishes, spadeful, spadefuls, spader, spaders. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "SP": asp, beclasp, clasp, crisp, cusp, enclasp, gasp, grasp, handclasp, hasp, inclasp, knosp, lisp, rasp, reclasp, tieclasp, unclasp, wasp, wisp. (additional references) | |
Words containing "SP": aeciospore, aeciospores, aerospace, aerospaces, agamospermies, agamospermy, airspace, airspaces, airspeed, airspeeds, allspice, allspices, angiosperm, angiospermous, angiosperms, antiperspirant, antiperspirants, antispasmodic, antispasmodics, antispeculation, antispeculative, antispending, apospories, aposporous, apospory, archesporia, archesporial, archesporium, arsphenamine, arsphenamines, arthrospore, arthrospores, aruspex, aruspices, ascospore, ascospores, ascosporic, asparagine, asparagines, asparagus, asparkle, aspartame, aspartames, aspartate, aspartates, aspect, aspects, aspectual, aspen, aspens, asper. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "p-s" | |
+1 letter: asp, ops, pas, pes, pis, psi, pus, sap, sip, sop, spa, spy, sup, ups. | |
+2 letters: alps, amps, apes, apse, asps, baps, bops, caps, ceps, cops, cups, cusp, daps, dips, dups, epos, espy, fops, gaps, gasp, gips, gyps, haps, hasp, hips, hops, hyps, imps, keps, kips, kops, laps, lips, lisp, lops, maps, mops, naps, nips, oops, opes, opts, opus, pacs, pads, pals, pams, pans, paps, pars, pase, pash, pass, past, pats, paws, pays, peas, pecs, peds, pees, pegs, pehs, pens, peps, peso, pest, pets, pews, phis, pias, pics, pies, pigs, pins, pips, pish, piso, piss, pits, plus, pods, pois, pols, poms, pons, pops, pose, posh, post, posy, pots, pows, pros, psis, psst, pubs, puds, pugs, puls, puns, pups, purs, push, puss, puts, pyas, pyes, raps, rasp, reps, rips, salp, samp, saps, scop, scup, seep, sept, ship, shop, simp, sipe, sips, skep, skip, slap, slip, slop, snap, snip, soap, soph, sops, soup, spae, spam, span, spar, spas, spat, spay, spaz, spec, sped, spew, spic, spik, spin, spit, spiv, spot, spry, spud, spue, spun, spur, step, stop, sump, supe, sups, swap, swop, syph, taps, tips, tops, tups, umps, upas, waps, wasp, wisp, wops, yaps, yips, yups, zaps, zips. | |
| 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. | |
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