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P 16th letter of the alphabet , representing the voiceless bilabial stop. It corresponds to Greek pi, but in form it looks like Greek rho (see R ). For the technical use of P in higher criticism, see Old Testament . In chemistry P is the symbol of the element phosphorus .

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Â© A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

P. See chrismon.

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P symbol for
1. phosphorus.

2. (in statistics) probability (see significance).

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