Definition of P:

• the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phoenician, its probable origin being Egyptian.
• Chemical symbol of phosphorus. Abbreviation of pugillus, a handful.
• Sixteenth letter of the alphabet.
• Is the sixteenth letter of the alphabet, and has a labial articulation. In music, it stands for piano, softly, and pp. for piu piano, more softly.
• the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phoenician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M.
• a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
• The sixteenth letter in the English alphabet.

Usage examples for P

1. P. S. S.- Forty- four rooms!  Eneas Africanus by Harry Stillwell Edwards

2. 5, destituat for deficiat; p.  Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. Chambers

3. 198. See also above, p.  Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. Chambers

4. The hour of two P. M. having arrived, the time for our departure, we were escorted to the Depot by the military Companies together with many citizens.  History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York by Unknown