EP

EP

1. (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the European Patent Organisation.

This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the World Intellectual Property Organization due to its use in the WIPO ST.3 standard, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. However, the ST.3 standard in fact uses the code to refer to the European Patent Office, which is the operational organ of the European Patent Organisation.

EP

1. Initialism of European Parliament.

EP (plural EPs)

1. (automotive) Initialism of extreme pressure, an indicator used in lubricant additives.
2. (music) Initialism of extended play (“a vinyl record (or recording on other media, such as a CD) that is shorter than an LP but longer than a single”).
   • 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 41:

     You put your headphones on and load up Kelsey Lu’s EP, Church, an album full of orchestral loops designed to reach towards a quiet ecstasy.

3. (navigation) Initialism of estimated position.
4. Initialism of executive producer.
5. (motor racing) Abbreviation of electric prix; ePrix; from electric grand prix.
6. (Anglicanism) Initialism of evening prayer.

• PE, Pe, Pe., pe

EP m (plural EPs)

1. (motor racing) abbreviation of électrique prix; ePrix; from grand prix électrique