"DPS" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} DPS
  1. (government, US) Initialism of Department of Public Safety. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Department of Public Safety Categories (topical): Government
    Sense id: en-DPS-en-name-zf9bbE1K Categories (other): American English Topics: government
  2. (NASA, planetology) Initialism of Division for Planetary Sciences. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Division for Planetary Sciences Categories (topical): Planetology
    Sense id: en-DPS-en-name-LNFF0Qru Topics: NASA, aerospace, astronomy, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, planetology

Noun [English]

Forms: DPSs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} DPS (countable and uncountable, plural DPSs)
  1. Initialism of Delivery Point Sequence (a system of automated letter sorting used by the United States Postal Service.) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Delivery Point Sequence (extra: a system of automated letter sorting used by the United States Postal Service.)
    Sense id: en-DPS-en-noun-brvoP--T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 14 32 18 18 1 3 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 14 31 19 19 1 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 9 37 20 20 1 3 3
  2. (video games) Initialism of damage per second (a standard way to calculate the damage dealt to other players or creatures in online role-playing games.) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: damage per second (extra: a standard way to calculate the damage dealt to other players or creatures in online role-playing games.) Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-DPS-en-noun-j3to-TpL Topics: video-games
  3. (video games) Initialism of damage per second (a standard way to calculate the damage dealt to other players or creatures in online role-playing games.)
    (by extension, video games) A player or unit whose primary role is to deal the maximum amount of damage possible (as opposed to holding the attention of the enemy, healing, or other tasks).
    Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-DPS-en-noun-YbiSSnh9 Topics: video-games
  4. (nuclear physics) Initialism of disintegration per second. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: disintegration per second Categories (topical): Nuclear physics, Radioactivity
    Sense id: en-DPS-en-noun-f2d6qtWm
  5. Initialism of designated premises supervisor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: designated premises supervisor
    Sense id: en-DPS-en-noun-Jxwo4aXl
  6. Initialism of double page spread. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: double page spread
    Sense id: en-DPS-en-noun-H0iQpCxl
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