"UPS" meaning in English

See UPS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} UPS
  1. Initialism of United Parcel Service. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: United Parcel Service
    Sense id: en-UPS-en-name-Gzkg4ePk Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 26 9 13 29

Noun

Forms: UPSes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|es}} UPS (countable and uncountable, plural UPSes)
  1. (electronics) Initialism of uninterruptible power supply/source Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: uninterruptible power supply/source Categories (topical): Electronics Related terms: XPS Translations ((initialism) uninterruptible power supply): SAI [masculine] (Catalan), ASI [feminine] (French), ASSC [feminine] (French), SAI [masculine] (Galician), USV [feminine] (German), UPS [masculine] (Polish), SAI [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-UPS-en-noun--seJZd6n Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 26 9 13 29 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of '(initialism) uninterruptible power supply': 80 9 11
  2. Initialism of ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy
    Sense id: en-UPS-en-noun-KBZq~3j4
  3. (biochemistry) Initialism of ubiquitin-proteasome system. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: ubiquitin-proteasome system Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-UPS-en-noun-a~m0V~bj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 26 9 13 29 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Verb

Forms: UPSes [present, singular, third-person], UPSing [participle, present], UPSed [participle, past], UPSed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|UPSes|UPSing|UPSed}} UPS (third-person singular simple present UPSes, present participle UPSing, simple past and past participle UPSed)
  1. (electronics, nonstandard) To connect a device to an uninterruptible power supply Tags: nonstandard Categories (topical): Electronics, Physical chemistry
    Sense id: en-UPS-en-verb-Lno3w1lH Disambiguation of Physical chemistry: 12 24 9 16 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 26 9 13 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 22 7 20 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 23 7 16 31 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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