"IEP" meaning in English

See IEP in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} IEP
  1. Initialism of Institute for Economics and Peace. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Institute for Economics and Peace
    Sense id: en-IEP-en-name-bHsCdJx9
  2. Initialism of Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    Sense id: en-IEP-en-name-nADEWQYd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish IEP (“Instituto de Estudios Peruanos”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|IEP||Instituto de Estudios Peruanos}} Borrowed from Spanish IEP (“Instituto de Estudios Peruanos”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} IEP
  1. The Institute of Peruvian Studies.
    Sense id: en-IEP-en-name-csIChXDF Categories (other): Peru Disambiguation of Peru: 16 13 43 14 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: IEPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} IEP (plural IEPs)
  1. (chemistry) Initialism of isoelectric point. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: isoelectric point
    Sense id: en-IEP-en-noun-gwvy2u7Q Categories (other): Chemistry, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Organizations Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 8 5 32 7 4 12 3 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 2 38 3 2 13 1 33 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 6 6 4 34 6 3 22 3 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 11 7 65 10 Disambiguation of Organizations: 11 4 13 69 3 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (US, education) Initialism of Individualized Education Program. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Individualized Education Program
    Sense id: en-IEP-en-noun-PvB2wh88 Categories (other): American English, Education Topics: education
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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