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PD

noun PDs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of police department
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of phase detector
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of public domain It is forbidden to market the software although PD libraries are entitled to charge for such supporting costs as administration, distribution etc.
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of peritoneal dialysis
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of penile duplication
  6. US, abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams). ... WILFORD J. WILLY CMA SR GRADE LIEUTENANT AND JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR GRADE LIEUTENANT CMA BOTH USNR CMA WERE KILLED PD COMMANDER SMITH ...
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of professional development
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of public defender
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Parkinson’s disease
  10. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of panic disorder
  11. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of personality disorder 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.
  12. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of pupillary distance
  13. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of process deviation
  14. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of power delivery
  15. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of partial discharge
  16. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of pole dance
  17. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of program director
  18. South Korea, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of producer director
  19. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of performance director […] 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
  20. Ireland, abbreviation, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Progressive Democrat 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 […].
  21. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of positive deviance 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 p
  22. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of prosecutorial discretion

proper noun

  1. Irish, abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of Progressive Democrats, a former political party disbanded in 2008.
  2. Malaysia, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Port Dickson: a town and district of Malaysia. 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.
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of Southwest Papua: a province of Indonesia.
  4. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Progressive Dane, a political party in Dane County, Wisconsin.

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of position doubtful

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@misc{pd_2026,
  title = {PD},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}