"PSO" meaning in English

See PSO in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} PSO
  1. (Pakistan) Initialism of Pakistan State Oil. Tags: Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pakistan State Oil
    Sense id: en-PSO-en-name-Wt~VqO-w Categories (other): Pakistani English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pakistan, Role-playing games, Stars Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 18 1 2 10 10 7 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 17 1 2 2 10 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 15 1 1 6 9 7 8 Disambiguation of Pakistan: 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Role-playing games: 52 13 3 4 7 7 7 8 Disambiguation of Stars: 39 30 1 3 3 11 6 7
  2. (video games) Initialism of Phantasy Star Online. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Phantasy Star Online
    Sense id: en-PSO-en-name-Zp2RbI8a Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Video games, Video games Disambiguation of Video games: 15 63 2 4 4 3 4 6 Topics: video-games

Noun

Forms: PSOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PSO (countable and uncountable, plural PSOs)
  1. Initialism of public safety officer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: public safety officer
    Sense id: en-PSO-en-noun-qt0CU5n7
  2. (Australia) Initialism of protective services officer. Tags: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: protective services officer
    Sense id: en-PSO-en-noun-iGOunoJl Categories (other): Australian English
  3. (sports) Initialism of penalty shootout. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: penalty shootout
    Sense id: en-PSO-en-noun-Q5paxNfZ Categories (other): Sports Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (astronomy) Initialism of protostellar object. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: protostellar object Related terms: YSO (english: young stellar object), SSO (english: substellar object), QSO (english: quasistellar object)
    Sense id: en-PSO-en-noun-QuNo2Y9S Categories (other): Astronomy, Astronomy, Astrophysics Disambiguation of Astronomy: 3 8 1 1 1 79 2 4 Disambiguation of Astrophysics: 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  5. (pathology) Abbreviation of psoriasis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: psoriasis Related terms: PsO [alternative]
    Sense id: en-PSO-en-noun-NfC~DrcI Categories (other): Diseases Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  6. (computer graphics) Initialism of pipeline state object. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: pipeline state object
    Sense id: en-PSO-en-noun-MLiP9evS Categories (other): Computer graphics Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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        ],
        [
          "Phantasy Star Online",
          "w:Phantasy Star"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games) Initialism of Phantasy Star Online."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "PSO"
}

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