"PSU" meaning in All languages combined

See PSU on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop}} PSU
  1. (US) Initialism of Pennsylvania State University. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pennsylvania State University
    Sense id: en-PSU-en-name-8vJBB6ca Categories (other): American English
  2. (Philippines) Initialism of Pangasinan State University. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pangasinan State University Categories (topical): Universities Synonyms: PangSU
    Sense id: en-PSU-en-name-zmY2wG-c Disambiguation of Universities: 39 53 1 4 2 1 Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 39 9 23 11 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 46 8 24 9 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 53 6 23 10 2

Noun [English]

Forms: PSUs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PSU (plural PSUs)
  1. (electronics, computer hardware) Initialism of power supply unit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: power supply unit Categories (topical): Computer hardware, Electronics
  2. (banking, finance) Initialism of payment service user. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: payment service user Categories (topical): Banking, Finance
    Sense id: en-PSU-en-noun-GtFnig1s Topics: banking, business, finance
  3. (rare, oceanography) Alternative letter-case form of psu (“practical salinity unit”). Tags: alt-of, rare Alternative form of: psu (extra: practical salinity unit) Categories (topical): Oceanography
    Sense id: en-PSU-en-noun-1o9qYE7j Topics: geography, natural-sciences, oceanography
  4. (statistics) Initialism of primary sampling unit, a sampling unit in the first stage of a polyetapic sampling. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: primary sampling unit (extra: a sampling unit in the first stage of a polyetapic sampling) Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-PSU-en-noun-g5TsSbeJ Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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