"PSU" meaning in English

See PSU in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} PSU
  1. (US) Initialism of Pennsylvania State University. Wikidata QID: Q739627 Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pennsylvania State University Synonyms: Penn State
    Sense id: en-PSU-en-name-en:Q739627 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Universities Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 30 7 19 8 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 34 4 17 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 35 4 16 7 1 Disambiguation of Universities: 46 44 1 6 2 0
  2. (Philippines) Initialism of Pangasinan State University. Wikidata QID: Q2049406 Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pangasinan State University Synonyms: PangSU
    Sense id: en-PSU-en-name-en:Q2049406 Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Universities Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 30 7 19 8 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 34 4 17 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 35 4 16 7 1 Disambiguation of Universities: 46 44 1 6 2 0

Noun

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
  2. (banking, finance) Initialism of payment service user. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: payment service user
    Sense id: en-PSU-en-noun-GtFnig1s Categories (other): Banking, Finance, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 30 7 19 8 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 34 4 17 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 35 4 16 7 1 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)
    Sense id: en-PSU-en-noun-1o9qYE7j Categories (other): Oceanography 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)
    Sense id: en-PSU-en-noun-g5TsSbeJ Categories (other): Statistics Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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