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PD
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Appendix:Variations of "pd"
English
Noun
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en law enforcement en police department.
en electronics en phase detector.
en public domain.
en 1988 The Linguist: Journal of the Institute of Linguists 105 It is forbidden to market the software although PD libraries are entitled to charge for such supporting costs as administration, distribution etc.
en peritoneal dialysis.
en penile duplication.
en U.S. military en period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams).
1944, telegram to Gen. Carl Andrew Spaatz from Gen. Jimmy Doolittle; Edward Renehan, The Kennedys at War, 1937-1945 (2002), Doubleday, page 304:
... WILFORD J. WILLY CMA SR GRADE LIEUTENANT AND JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR GRADE LIEUTENANT CMA BOTH USNR CMA WERE KILLED PD COMMANDER SMITH ...
en professional development.
en law en public defender.
en disease en Parkinson’s disease.
en disease en panic disorder.
en disease en personality disorder.
en 2005-04-18 Oliver James (psychologist) Oliver James Is your boss a psychopath? w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/apr/18/medicineandhealth 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.
en ophthalmology en w:pupillary distance.
en process deviation.
en electronics en power delivery.
en electricity en partial discharge.
en pole dance.
en program director.
en chiefly South Korea en producer director.
en sport en performance director.
en 2017-02-23 w:William Fotheringham Simon Jones to leave Team Sky for top Australian Cycling role w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/23/simon-jones-team-sky-australian-cycling 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.”
en Ireland politics historical en Progressive Democrats Progressive Democrat.
en 2006-09-11 Owen Bowcott Outspoken justice minister to be Ireland's deputy leader w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/11/foreignpolicy.ireland 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 .
en w:positive deviance.
en 2008-12-12 Jon Gertner 8th Annual Year in Ideas: Positive Deviance w:The New York Times Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/magazine/14ideas-section3-t-005.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250828231250/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/magazine/14ideas-section3-t-005.html 28 August 2025
en w:prosecutorial discretion.
Proper noun
en Irish politics historical en w:Progressive Democrats, a former political party disbanded in 2008.
en Malaysia en @init of:Port Dickson town/and/district c/Malaysia.
en 2016 Heritage, Culture and Society Salleh Mohd Radzi; Mohd Hafiz Mohd Hanafiah; Norzuwana Sumarjan 1315386976 This qualitative approach was used in re-vitalising Port Dickson (PD) as a leading beach tourism destination for Malaysia. PD was a top beach resort tourism destination in her glory days of 1990s.
en 1 Oct 2018 Eileen Ng Who can dent Anwar Ibrahim’s armour in the Port Dickson by-election? Today 46474542 https://www.todayonline.com/world/who-can-dent-anwar-ibrahims-armour-port-dickson-election https://web.archive.org/web/20190105142746/https://www.todayonline.com/world/who-can-dent-anwar-ibrahims-armour-port-dickson-election 5 January 2019 Oh Ei Sun ""Isa has widespread grassroot support in his native Negeri Sembilan, among all the candidates, he is a local PD boy. The others all came out of nowhere," 3 January 2019
en 13 Oct 2018 Hazlin Hassan Anwar Ibrahim storms to victory in Port Dickson by-election, wins 72% of vote w:The Straits Times 8572659 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/anwar-ibrahim-storms-to-victory-in-port-dickson-by-election-wins-72-pct-of-vote 13 Oct 2018 Ms Lau said she hoped "PD will be transformed as promised in so many ways", using the common moniker for the seaside town. "It is good to develop PD. That is what everyone in PD wants,"
en @abbr of:Southwest Papua province c/Indonesia.
en US politics en w:Progressive Dane a political party in Dane County, Wisconsin.
Phrase
phr
en cartography en position doubtful.
en ED
See also
en PLL
en PFD
Anagrams
en dp D/P DP
Dutch
Proper noun
f
nl Suriname public transport nl Paramaribo-Domburg, a bus route serving those localities
French
Etymology
Homophone of fr pédé.
Pronunciation
pédé
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-PD.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-PD.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-PD.wav <<France>> (<<Agen>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-PD.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Noun
m -
fr vulgar offensive fr pédé
German
Noun
m,(s),- PD'in
de Privatdozent
de Polizeidirektor
Declension
m,(s),-
Indonesian
Pronunciation
pé.dé
Noun
*
id pakaian dinas
id perusahaan dagang
id government id perusahaan daerah
id government id perangkat daerah
id medicine id penyakit dalam internal medicine
id ophthalmology id en pupillary distance
id electrical engineering id en power delivery
Noun
a
id education id pembantu dekan assistant dean
Adjective
id slang id percaya diri
Proper noun
id political party id id Partai Demokrat Democratic Party
Italian
it:
Alternative forms
it Pd
Proper noun
m
it Partito Democratico
Spanish
Noun
f PD -
es P. D.