Dictionary

CPS en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of characters per second.
   alt of characters per second
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of clicks per second.
   alt of clicks per second
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of counts per second.
   alt of counts per second
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, in favor of Hz, initialism, proscribed, uncountable) Initialism of cycles per second.
   alt of cycles per second
5. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of child protective services.
   alt of child protective services
   • I can’t let the reporters see him looking like this anyway, so swollen that CPS would be here before dinner. 2022, Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling, Bloomsbury, page 226:
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of clean plate syndrome.
   alt of clean plate syndrome
7. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Current Population Survey.
   alt of Current Population Survey
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of cyber-physical system.
   alt of cyber-physical system
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:functional programming, uncountable) Initialism of continuation-passing style.
   alt of continuation-passing style

Forms

Coordinates

wpm · ppm · augmented reality · spatial computing · MR · mixed reality · AR

Relateds

cps · cps · cps · cps

Synonyms

hertz · mul:Hz

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CPS en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Crown Prosecution Service.
   alt of Crown Prosecution Service
   • Big showering of affection at beginning of relationship can be used to confuse victims and gain control, CPS warns[.] 2023 April 23, Amelia Gentleman, “CPS includes ‘love-bombing’ in guidance on abusive partners prosecution”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • ‘Itʼs entrapment,’ said Silver. ‘The CPS wonʼt prosecute.’ 2020, Ben Aaronovitch, False Value, Gollancz, page 233:
2. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Centre for Policy Studies.
   alt of Centre for Policy Studies
   • Last year, for example, Raab wrote a paper for the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) – since the birth of Thatcherism one of the radical right's fiercest thinktanks […] 2012 August 22, Andy Beckett, “Britannia Unchained: the rise of the new Tory right”, in The Guardian:
3. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of Communist Party of Scotland.
   alt of Communist Party of Scotland