PD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PDs
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of police department.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of phase detector.
examples: text: It is forbidden to market the software although PD libraries are entitled to charge for such supporting costs as administration, distribution etc.
ref: 1988, The Linguist: Journal of the Institute of Linguists, page 105:
glosses: Initialism of public domain.
glosses: Initialism of peritoneal dialysis.
glosses: Initialism of penile duplication.
examples: text: ... WILFORD J. WILLY CMA SR GRADE LIEUTENANT AND JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR GRADE LIEUTENANT CMA BOTH USNR CMA WERE KILLED PD COMMANDER SMITH ...
ref: 1944, telegram to Gen. Carl Andrew Spaatz from Gen. Jimmy Doolittle; Edward Renehan, The Kennedys at War, 1937-1945 (2002), Doubleday, page 304
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams).
glosses: Initialism of professional development.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of public defender.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Parkinson’s disease.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of panic disorder.
examples: text: Board and Fritzon found that three of 11 personality disorders (PDs) were actually commoner in managers than in disturbed criminals. The first was histrionic PD, entailing superficial charm, insincerity, egocentricity and manipulativeness.
ref: 2005 April 18, Oliver James, “Is your boss a psychopath?”, in The Guardian:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of personality disorder.
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of pupillary distance.
glosses: Initialism of process deviation.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of power delivery.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of partial discharge.
glosses: Initialism of pole dance.
glosses: Initialism of program director.
glosses: Initialism of producer director.
examples: text: […] Simon Jones, the former British Cycling endurance coach who is now Sky head of performance support and innovation, is to take over as performance director of Australian Cycling from April. […] “It’s been my ambition for some time to be a PD of a cycling programme and there aren’t many of them. I’ve been in Australia before so it was a natural decision.”
ref: 2017 February 23, William Fotheringham, “Simon Jones to leave Team Sky for top Australian Cycling role”, in The Guardian:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of performance director.
examples: text: The Progressive Democrats (PDs) are the junior partner in the governing coalition led by Bertie Ahern and his Fianna Fail party. […] Mr McDowell, a formidable barrister with a reputation as a political hothead, was elected leader of the PDs unopposed […].
ref: 2006 September 11, Owen Bowcott, “Outspoken justice minister to be Ireland's deputy leader”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Progressive Democrat.
examples: text: The Sternins take an unorthodox approach to problem-solving known as positive deviance, or P.D., which builds on years of their health work in poor countries in Southeast Asia. / A P.D. program aims to identify individuals within small communities who have devised clever coping strategies to avoid problems afflicting their neighbors.
ref: 2008 December 12, Jon Gertner, “8th Annual Year in Ideas: Positive Deviance”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: Initialism of positive deviance.
glosses: Initialism of prosecutorial discretion.