MPD

See also: mpd

English

Proper noun

MPD (law enforcement)

  1. (Philippines) Initialism of Manila Police District.
  2. Initialism of Metropolitan Police Department.
    • 2022 February 19, Maya Brown, “Fourth lawsuit makes 20 employees alleging a toxic culture within the DC police department”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Five current and former employees of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia, alleging that MPD management created a hostile work environment and retaliated against them for speaking out.
  3. Initialism of Minneapolis Police Department.
    • 2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN‎[2]:
      “The number of reported violent crimes, like assaults, robberies and homicides are up compared to 2019, according to MPD crime data.

Noun

MPD (countable and uncountable, plural MPDs)

  1. (physics, engineering, space science, astronautics) Initialism of magnetoplasmadynamics.
  2. (rail transport, countable) Initialism of motive power depot.
  3. (aviation, travel industry) Initialism of multi-purpose document.
  4. (aviation) Initialism of multi-purpose display.
    • 2013, David Lyons, Blood Game: A Jock Boucher Thriller, New York, N.Y. […]: Emily Bestler Books, →ISBN, pages 8–9:
      The WSO station had four multipurpose displays, MPDs, including a moving map that could show a TSD—tactical situation display.
  5. (pathology) Initialism of myeloproliferative disease.
  6. (medicine) Initialism of mammary Paget's disease / mammary Paget disease.
  7. (psychology, dated) Initialism of multiple personality disorder.

Adjective

MPD (not comparable)

  1. (physics, engineering, space science, astronautics) Initialism of magnetoplasmadynamic.

Derived terms

(magnetoplasmadynamic):

  • MPDD, MPD drive — magnetoplasmadymanic drive
  • MPDE, MPD engine — magnetoplasmadymanic engine
  • MPDP, MPD propulsion — magnetoplasmadymanic propulsion
  • MPDT, MPD thruster — magnetoplasmadymanic thruster

(magnetoplasmadynamic):

  • MHD (magnetohydrodynamic)
  • MD (magnetodynamic)

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