"DPS" meaning in English

See DPS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} DPS
  1. (US, government) 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, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 22 25 25 1 5 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 23 23 1 3 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 19 21 21 1 1 2 3 Topics: government
  2. (US, planetology) Initialism of Division for Planetary Sciences. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Division for Planetary Sciences Categories (topical): Planetology, Radioactivity
    Sense id: en-DPS-en-name-LNFF0Qru Disambiguation of Radioactivity: 7 48 11 11 3 12 5 2 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 22 25 25 1 5 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 23 23 1 3 2 5 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, planetology

Noun

Forms: DPSs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} DPS (countable and uncountable, plural DPSs)
  1. (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-LzQhBGUA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 22 25 25 1 5 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 23 23 1 3 2 5 Topics: video-games
  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.
    (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-dM-Srv~L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 22 25 25 1 5 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 23 23 1 3 2 5 Topics: video-games
  3. (post) Initialism of delivery point sequence. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: delivery point sequence Categories (topical): Post
    Sense id: en-DPS-en-noun-0~fg6eOe
  4. 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
  5. (nuclear physics) Initialism of disintegration per second. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: disintegration per second Categories (topical): Nuclear physics
    Sense id: en-DPS-en-noun-f2d6qtWm
  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

Inflected forms

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  "word": "DPS"
}

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