Rp
Encyclopedia
Science and technology
- Rapid prototypingRapid prototypingRapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became available in the late 1980s and were used to produce models and prototype parts. Today, they are used for a much wider range of applications...
, a manufacturing and engineering process - Rear projectionRear projection effectRear projection is part of many in-camera effects cinematic techniquesin film production for combining foreground performances with pre-filmed backgrounds. It was widely used for many years in driving scenes, or to show other forms of "distant" background motion...
, the projection of images from behind onto a translucent screen - Red Phosphorus, a phosphorusPhosphorusPhosphorus is the chemical element that has the symbol P and atomic number 15. A multivalent nonmetal of the nitrogen group, phosphorus as a mineral is almost always present in its maximally oxidized state, as inorganic phosphate rocks...
allotrope - Reflections ProjectionsReflections ProjectionsReflections Projections is an annual technology-related conference hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery...
, an annual technology-related conference hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
of the Association for Computing MachineryAssociation for Computing MachineryThe Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009... - Reverse phaseReverse phaseReverse phase refer to :* Reversed-phase chromatography, any chromatographic method that uses a non-polar stationary phase* Reverse phase protein lysate microarray, a micro-cell lysate dot-blot that allows measurement of protein expression levels...
, a term used in chromatography - RP-3RP-3The RP-3 , was a British rocket used in the Second World War. Though primarily an air-to-ground weapon, it saw limited use in other roles. Its 60 lb warhead gave rise to the alternative name of the "60 lb rocket"; the 25 lb solid-shot armour piercing variant was referred to as the "25 lb rocket"...
, a rocket projectile - RP (complexity)RP (complexity)In complexity theory, RP is the complexity class of problems for which a probabilistic Turing machine exists with these properties:* It always runs in polynomial time in the input size...
, randomized polynomial time, a class in computational complexity theory - Mathematics
- Real projective line
- Real projective planeReal projective planeIn mathematics, the real projective plane is an example of a compact non-orientable two-dimensional manifold, that is, a one-sided surface. It cannot be embedded in our usual three-dimensional space without intersecting itself...
- Real projective spaceReal projective spaceIn mathematics, real projective space, or RPn, is the topological space of lines through 0 in Rn+1. It is a compact, smooth manifold of dimension n, and a special case of a Grassmannian.-Construction:...
Video games
- Rating Pending, the designation for a game that is in the process of being rated by the ESRBEntertainment Software Rating BoardThe Entertainment Software Rating Board is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings, enforces industry-adopted advertising guidelines, and ensures responsible online privacy principles for computer and video games as well as entertainment software in Canada, Mexico and...
- Red Pikmin, version of Pikmin that appears in PikminPikminis a strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube video game console in 2001. Pikmin is the first game in the Pikmin series of video games, and the third game for the Gamecube overall. It was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto. Pikmin was released on October 26, 2001...
, Pikmin 2Pikmin 2is a real-time strategy video game developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube. It was released in Japan on April 29, 2004, in North America on August 30, 2004, in Europe on October 8, 2004, and in Australia on November 4, 2004....
, and Super Smash Bros. BrawlSuper Smash Bros. BrawlSuper Smash Bros. Brawl, known in Japan as , often abbreviated as SSBB or simply as Brawl, is the third installment in the Super Smash Bros. series of crossover fighting games, developed by an ad hoc development team consisting of Sora, Game Arts and staff from other developers, and published by...
Sports
- Relief pitcherRelief pitcherA relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as being substituted by a pinch hitter...
, a baseball term - RP, a small nut (climbing)Nut (climbing)In rock climbing, a nut is a metal wedge threaded on a wire, used for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock. Quickdraws are clipped to the nut wire by the ascending climber and the rope threads through the quickdraw. Nuts come in a variety of sizes and styles, and several different...
used for rock climbing, named after Rowland Pauligk
Law and courts
- Reporting Person or Party in U.S. Law enforcement jargon
- Registered Paralegal, see paralegalParalegalParalegal is used in most jurisdictions to describe a paraprofessional who assists qualified lawyers in their legal work. This is true in the United States and many other countries. However, in Ontario, Canada, paralegals are licensed by the Law Society of Upper Canada, giving paralegals an...
, a designation permitted after passing the PACE Exam (Paralegal Advance Competency Exam), a certification program offered by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations
Organizations
- Republic PolytechnicRepublic PolytechnicRepublic Polytechnic , commonly abbreviated to RP, is a tertiary institution located in Singapore. It was the first school system in Singapore to use Problem-based learning pedagogy for all its diplomas....
, a polytechnic in Singapore - Membership of the Royal Society of Portrait PaintersRoyal Society of Portrait PaintersThe Royal Society of Portrait Painters is a British association of portrait painters which holds an annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London...
(London)
Business and finance
- Repurchase agreementRepurchase agreementA repurchase agreement, also known as a repo, RP, or sale and repurchase agreement, is the sale of securities together with an agreement for the seller to buy back the securities at a later date. The repurchase price should be greater than the original sale price, the difference effectively...
- Reservation priceReservation priceIn microeconomics, the reservation price is the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for goods or a service; or; the smallest price at which a seller is willing to sell a good or service...
- RupeeRupeeThe rupee is the common name for the monetary unit of account in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, and formerly in Burma, and Afghanistan. Historically, the first currency called "rupee" was introduced in the 16th century...
, the common name for the currencies used in several countries - Rupiah, the official currency of Indonesia
Politics
Reform Party (Singapore)Reform Party (Singapore)
The Reform Party is a political party in Singapore. It was founded in 2008 by the late Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, and is currently headed by his son Kenneth Jeyaretnam, who succeeded him as party secretary-general after the elder Jeyaretnam died in 2008...
, an opposition party in Singapore led by Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam is the current Secretary-General of the Reform Party in Singapore. He is the eldest son of the late opposition politician J.B. Jeyaretnam.-Family:...
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- Welfare PartyWelfare PartyThe Welfare Party was an Islamist political party in Turkey. It was founded by Ali Türkmen, Ahmet Tekdal and Necmettin Erbakan in Ankara in 1983 as heir to two earlier parties, Milli Nizam Partisi and Milli Selamet Partisi , which were banned from politics...
, or Refah Partisi in Turkish
Places
- Republic of the Philippines
- Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska)
- Résidence PalaceRésidence PalaceThe Résidence Palace is a complex of buildings between the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat and the Chaussée d'Etterbeek/Etterbeeksesteenweg in the European Quarter of Brussels...
- Rhineland-PalatinateRhineland-PalatinateRhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
Religion
- Reformed Presbyterian, a member of one of the Reformed Presbyterian ChurchReformed Presbyterian ChurchReformed Presbyterian may refer to:* A mutually recognising set of churches listed at Reformed Presbyterian Church , including:** The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia** The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Cyprus...
es - Religious Programs SpecialistReligious Programs SpecialistReligious Program Specialist is a United States Navy occupational rating. Religious Program Specialists assist Navy chaplains. Religious program specialists provide support to Navy chaplains in developing programs to meet the needs of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel and their families...
, Religious Program Specialist
Other uses
- Regulative principle (disambiguation)
- Role-playingRole-playingRole-playing refers to the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role...
, the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role - Rocket PowerRocket PowerRocket Power is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.-Premise:Rocket Power involves the daily situations of a group of best friends named Oswald "Otto" Rocket, Regina "Reggie" Rocket, Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez, and Sam "Squid" Dullard, as they live in the fictional...
, a cartoon (U.S.) - RpSimilarity relationIn music, a similarity relation or pitch-class similarity is a comparison between sets of the same cardinality , based upon shared pitch class and/or interval class content....
, in musical set theory