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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
PI lifecyclenounMWEThe end-to-end process of obtaining agreement (consent), collecting, creating, using, storing and retaining, disclosing, erasing and disposing, masking and anonymizing a legal person's identifying information.verified
Piano ActionnounMWEaction consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressedverified
Piano DampernounMWEdamper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibrationverified
Piciform BirdnounMWEany of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring woodverified
Pickaback PlantnounMWEvigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalkverified
Pickup ArmnounMWEmechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridgeverified
Picture ElementnounMWE(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)verified
picture graphicallyverbMWErepresent information through visual illustrations, charts, or diagramsverified
Picture ShownounMWEa form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementverified
Pie BirdnounMWEa hollow ceramic device shaped like an upstretched, open-beaked bird, used to support or vent steam from pies during bakingverified
Pie ChartnounMWEa circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the wholeverified
Piece De ResistancenounMWEthe outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collectionverified
Piece of WorknounMWEa product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thingverified
Pied LemmingnounMWENorth American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlargedverified
Pierid ButterflynounMWEany of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legsverified
Piezo EffectnounMWEelectricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt)verified
Piezoelectric EffectnounMWEelectricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt)verified
Pig LaurelnounMWENorth American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowersverified