Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A long-playing phonograph record.
  • abbreviation Lower Peninsula
  • abbreviation lumbar puncture

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  • initialism business, law Limited Partnership.
  • initialism long-play, generally used to refer to a 12" vinyl record that plays at 33 RPM.
  • initialism liquid petroleum, or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
  • initialism Liquid propane.
  • initialism military Listening Post.
  • initialism medicine lumbar puncture
  • initialism mathematics linear programming
  • initialism gaming, Internet Let's Play, generally used to refer to a video walkthrough using the format of "Let's Play (name of game)".

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Originally a trademark.]

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