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psu

psu is the initialism of practical salinity unit.

Noun capitalized: PSU

PSU (plural PSUs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of power supply unit.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of payment service user.
  3. (rare) Alternative letter-case form of psu (“practical salinity unit”).
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of primary sampling unit, a sampling unit in the first stage of a polyetapic sampling.

Proper noun capitalized: PSU

PSU

  1. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Pennsylvania State University.
    • “This suggests that most of the foraging that the bees do occurs very close to the hive,” study co-author Margarita López-Uribe, an associate professor of entomology at PSU, told CNN on Monday.2025 January 28, Jack Guy, “Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    Penn State
  2. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Pangasinan State University.
    Synonyms:
    PangSU

Synonyms of psu

Forms of psu

pluralpsus
alternative formPSU
pluralPSUs

Questions about psu

What is psu the initialism of?
Psu is the initialism of practical salinity unit.
What part of speech is psu?
Psu can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of psu?
The plural of psu is psus.

Words near psu in the dictionary

  1. pssts
  2. pst
  3. PSTN
  4. PSTNs
  5. Pstrokonski
  6. psu
  7. psuedo
  8. psuedo-
  9. psuedonym
  10. psuedophakic
  11. psuedoprogression

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