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Cep

//sɛp// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).

    "Ask yourself this question: How do we know that it is not dangerous for us to eat ceps and chanterelle mushrooms, but that we must never touch some others, such as deathcap mushrooms?"

  2. 2
    An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:; Initialism of circular error probable. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "The Circular Error Probable (CEPs) of SLBMs and SLCMs ought thus to be deliberately kept above the 'Hard Target Kill' (HTK) level."

  3. 3
    An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:; Initialism of circular error probability. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:; Initialism of circle of equal probability. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of cippus.

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