Cps

name, noun

name, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of characters per second. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of characters per second. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    plural of CP form-of, plural
  4. 4
    the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz) wordnet
  5. 5
    Initialism of clicks per second. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Initialism of clicks per second. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    Initialism of counts per second. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    Initialism of counts per second. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    Initialism of cycles per second. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, proscribed, uncountable
  5. 10
    Initialism of cycles per second. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, proscribed
  6. 11
    Initialism of child protective services. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "I can’t let the reporters see him looking like this anyway, so swollen that CPS would be here before dinner."

  7. 12
    Initialism of clean plate syndrome. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  8. 13
    Initialism of Current Population Survey. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  9. 14
    Initialism of cyber-physical system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  10. 15
    Initialism of continuation-passing style. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Crown Prosecution Service. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "‘Itʼs entrapment,’ said Silver. ‘The CPS wonʼt prosecute.’"

  2. 2
    Initialism of Centre for Policy Studies. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Last year, for example, Raab wrote a paper for the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) – since the birth of Thatcherism one of the radical right's fiercest thinktanks […]"

Synonyms

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hertzaraudio frequencyaugmented realitycontinuation-passing stylecycle

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"He called CPS on the neighbors."

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