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PA Definition


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PA
abbreviation
    1. IVR.
      Panama.
    2. US state.
      Pennsylvania. Also written Penn
      Form: Pa.
    3. Personal assistant.
    4. Press Association.
    5. Public-address system.
    6. Publishers Association.




Pa
abbreviation
    1. Pascal.
    2. chem.
      Protactinium.




pa
noun
    pas
    1. A familiar or childish word for father.
Etymology: Early 19c.





page1
noun
    1. One side of a leaf in a book, etc.
      Thesaurus: leaf, sheet, folio, side.
    2. A leaf of a book, etc.
    3. literary
      An episode or incident in history, one's life, etc.
verb
    paged, paging
    1. To paginate (a text).
Etymology: 16c: French, from Latin pagina a leaf of a book.





pascal
noun
    1. In the SI system: a unit of pressure, equal to a force of one newton per square metre.
Etymology: 1950s: named after Blaise Pascal (see PASCAL).



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