BP

BP

1. Initialism of British Petroleum.
2. (pharmacy) Initialism of British Pharmacopoeia.
3. Initialism of Brazilian Portuguese.

BP (countable and uncountable, plural BPs)

1. Initialism of blood pressure.
   • 2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix (2012), pages 81-82:

     I was concerned to find the BP even higher when I took it.

2. Initialism of boiling point.
3. (biochemistry) Initialism of base pair.
4. (uncountable) Abbreviation of benzoyl peroxide.

   Synonym: BPO

BP (not comparable)

1. (sciences) Initialism of Before Present, conventionally relative to radiocarbon dating in the 1950s.

   Synonym: YBP

   • 2013, Alastair G. Dawson, Ice Age Earth: Late Quaternary Geology and Climate, Routledge, →ISBN, page 107:

     Later diversion of lake drainage between 11,000 and 10,000 BP, due to ice retreat, led to the discharge of Agassiz meltwaters into the western North Atlantic.

See YBP.

BP

1. Initialism of bipolar.

• PB, Pb

• IPA^(key): /be.pe/

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BP f (plural BPs)

1. Initialism of boîte postale.
2. (nautical) FV: Alternative form of B/P

BP

1. Initialism of Ball Pàrlamaid (Member of Parliament)

BP

1. Initialism of brandpost (“fire hydrant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbipi/, [ˈbi.pɪ]

BP (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜉ᜔)

1. (law) Initialism of batas pambansa.