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cpd

cpd is the abbreviation of compound.

Meaning of compound

Noun (1)

compound (plural compounds)

  1. An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
    Synonyms:
    gaol, jail, pen, pound, prison
  2. An enclosure for secure storage.
    • A separate building on the west side will house a standby powerhouse and a workshop, and there will be an unroofed compound for compressed air cylinders and water tanks.1960 May, “New Signalbox at Manchester Victoria”, in Railway Magazine, page 310
  3. A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
    • Shepard: What kind of proof do you have that the major is dangerous?
      Transmission: Three days ago, we sent two Alliance representatives to meet with him at his compound. They have disappeared. We believe Kyle and his followers killed them.
      Transmission: That compound is a cult, Shepard. They call...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1
  4. (Philippines, broadly) A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.

Noun (2)

compound (plural compounds)

  1. Anything made by combining several things.
  2. A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.

See all 22 meanings of compound

Proper noun capitalized: CPD

CPD

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Chicago Police Department.
    • “Defendant Officers violated numerous laws and CPD policies during their encounter with Dexter. The initial stop was unlawful and pretextual. Defendant Officers had no reasonable suspicion that Dexter violated any law, and they falsely stated otherwise in official CPD reports,” the suit states.2024 April 24, Family of Chicago man fatally shot by police files federal civil rights lawsuit against city and tactical officers, CNN
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Central Propaganda Department, a CCP division responsible for spreading CCP ideology.
    • The CPD decides what books, movies, music, TV shows, and other information the Chinese people can access. It is known to actively spread misinformation and revise history, so the Communist Party and its leadership are always cast in the most favorable light.2022 May 5, Helen Raleigh, “Biden's disinformation board is authoritarian and reminds me of my life in China”, in Fox News

Noun capitalized: CPD

CPD (countable and uncountable, plural CPDs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of critical point drying.
    • Specimens come out exactly like CPD-prepared specimens, ready for SEM or for general mounting for the collection.1993 October, Brian V. Brown, “A further chemical alternative to critical-point-drying for preparing small (or large) flies”, in Fly Times, number 11
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of continuing professional development.
  3. (abbreviation, countable) Abbreviation of circumplanetary disk.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of cephalopelvic disproportion.

Forms of cpd

pluralCPDs

Questions about cpd

What is cpd the abbreviation of?
Cpd is the abbreviation of compound.
What part of speech is cpd?
Cpd can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near cpd in the dictionary

  1. CPCMs
  2. CPCs
  3. CPCTC
  4. CPCU
  5. CPCUs
  6. cpd
  7. cpd.
  8. CPDL
  9. CPDLC
  10. cpdna
  11. cpdnas

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