"SPE" meaning in English

See SPE in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} SPE
  1. Initialism of Society of Petroleum Engineers. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Society of Petroleum Engineers
    Sense id: en-SPE-en-name-Cr7wNfYH
  2. (linguistics) Initialism of The Sound Pattern of English. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: The Sound Pattern of English
    Sense id: en-SPE-en-name-hzH80lwm Categories (other): Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. Initialism of Struga Poetry Evenings. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Struga Poetry Evenings
    Sense id: en-SPE-en-name-QZ4-OWYk

Noun

Forms: SPEs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} SPE (plural SPEs)
  1. (chemistry) Initialism of solid-phase extraction. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: solid-phase extraction
    Sense id: en-SPE-en-noun-JPqAmRhJ Categories (other): Chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. Initialism of sales process engineering. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: sales process engineering
    Sense id: en-SPE-en-noun-FE7wcKhD
  3. Initialism of seriously painful experience. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: seriously painful experience
    Sense id: en-SPE-en-noun-hniQFlHh
  4. (space science) Initialism of solar particle event. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: solar particle event
    Sense id: en-SPE-en-noun-VChgEh6W Categories (other): Space Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, space-science
  5. (finance) Initialism of special-purpose entity. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: special-purpose entity
    Sense id: en-SPE-en-noun-Vp40eWSn Categories (other): Finance, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 24 12 6 1 1 10 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 7 9 6 1 4 14 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 5 17 5 1 3 12 41 Topics: business, finance

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "solid-phase extraction"
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        ],
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          "solid-phase extraction",
          "solid-phase extraction#English"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) Initialism of solid-phase extraction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "sales process engineering"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of sales process engineering."
      ],
      "id": "en-SPE-en-noun-FE7wcKhD",
      "links": [
        [
          "sales",
          "sales#English"
        ],
        [
          "process",
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        ],
        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "seriously painful experience"
        }
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        "Initialism of seriously painful experience."
      ],
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        ],
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          "painful",
          "painful#English"
        ],
        [
          "experience",
          "experience#English"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "solar particle event"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of solar particle event."
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        "(space science) Initialism of solar particle event."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aerospace",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "space-science"
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Finance",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "kind": "other",
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        "Initialism of special-purpose entity."
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          "finance#Noun"
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        "(finance) Initialism of special-purpose entity."
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        "Initialism of solid-phase extraction."
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