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== Science, medicine and engineering == |
== Science, medicine and engineering == |
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* [[Length between perpendiculars]] ("pp" or "p/p"), a nautical term |
* [[Length between perpendiculars]] ("pp" or "p/p"), a nautical term |
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* [[pancreatic polypeptide]], a substance produced by the body during the process of digestion |
* [[pancreatic polypeptide]], a substance produced by the body during the process of digestion |
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** [[PP cell]], cell producing pancreatic polypeptide |
** [[PP cell]], cell producing pancreatic polypeptide |
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* peak to peak (p–p), a way of measuring the [[amplitude]] of a signal |
* peak to peak (p–p), a way of measuring the [[amplitude]] of a signal |
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* [[percentage point]] |
* [[percentage point]] |
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* per protocol population in [[clinical trial]]s |
* per protocol population in [[clinical trial]]s |
Revision as of 00:19, 13 August 2012
PP, pp, Pp, or Pp may refer to:
Places
- Phi Phi Islands, in Thailand
Computers and computing
- p&p, plug and play, a type of peripheral device used in computing
- PP-format, a Met Office proprietary file format for distributing climate data
Politics
- People's Party (Spain) (Partido Popular)
- Progressive Party (Brazil) (Partido Progressista)
Religion
Science, medicine and engineering
- Length between perpendiculars ("pp" or "p/p"), a nautical term
- pancreatic polypeptide, a substance produced by the body during the process of digestion
- PP cell, cell producing pancreatic polypeptide
- peak to peak (p–p), a way of measuring the amplitude of a signal
- percentage point
- per protocol population in clinical trials
- Piecewise polynomial, see spline (mathematics)
- polypropylene, a very common plastic polymer
- PP (complexity), probabilistic polynomial time complexity class
- P–P plot
- process performance index (Pp), a tool used in statistical calculations
- proton–proton chain reaction, in nuclear physics
Other
- pp or p.p., for per procurationem, a signature made on behalf of someone else
- Pages, from Latin paginae, see acronyms
- 'Pianissimo' a term of musical dynamics
- Walther PP, a semi-automatic pistol
- per procurationem, from Latin by agency - used when signing on somebody else's behalf