passenger car
nounRail equipment
A railroad car designed to carry passengers.
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passenger compartment
nounAutomotive
The part of a road vehicle partitioned from the engine compartment, trunk or boot, etc., designed to hold the passengers and usually the driver; but in limousines and some taxis, buses and goods vehicles, the driver is separated in a cab or driver's compartment.
passenger kilometer
A kilometer traveled by a passenger, used as a unit of measure.
passenger seat
A seat in a vehicle for a passenger, especially the front seat next to the driver in a motor vehicle.
passenger train
nounRail equipment
A train whose primary function is to carry passengers.
passive
Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
passive restraint
nounAutomotive
A device such as an airbag that is automatically deployed when needed to protect the occupant.
passthrough
As of a signal through a device or network.
paster
A diagram of the circuitry of a telephone, glued inside the telephone itself.
pastoralist
A person involved in pastoralism, whose primary occupation is the raising of livestock.
PAT
Initialism of portable appliance testing.
PATA
Initialism of parallel ATA: a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk.
patch
An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
patcher
The driver's assistant or lackey in a team of miners.
path
nounRail equipment
A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.
patt
nounManufacturing
Abbreviation of pattern.
pattern
A full-sized model around which a mould of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mould without damage.
pattern box
A box at each side of a loom containing the various shuttles that may be used.
pavement princess
A pickup truck, SUV, or ute that is modified for off-road capabilities, such as large tires and suspension lifts, but rarely or never used off-road, often seen as showy or impractical.
paver
nounConstruction
A road paving machine, a machine to lay asphalt on roads.
pay
To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
pay dirt
Earth which contains profitable quantities of ore.
Paykan
nounAutomotive
An automobile very popular in Iran from the late 1960s to the late 1990s.
payment terminal
An electronic device which interfaces with payment cards to make electronic funds transfers.
paystreak
The zone, parallel to the walls of a vein, in which the ore is concentrated, or any narrow streak of paying ore in less valuable material.
pb
nounAutomotive
Abbreviation of power brakes.
pbf
purl into back and front of same stitch
PBR
Initialism of plant breeders' rights.
PBX
Initialism of private branch exchange.
PCA
Initialism of printed circuit assembly.
PCB
Initialism of physically changeable bit.
PCC
Initialism of pseudo-city code (a short alpha-numeric code used to represent the location that a GDS is operated from.)
PCD
nounAutomotive
Initialism of pitch circle diameter (diameter of an imaginary circle that passes through the center of all bolt holes).
PCE
Initialism of power conversion efficiency.
PCI Express
A high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards.
PCIe
Abbreviation of PCI Express.
pclk
Abbreviation of peripheral clock.
PCR
Initialism of pitch control rod.
PCS
Initialism of personal communication system.
PCV
nounAutomotive
Initialism of positive crankcase ventilation.
PD
Initialism of phase detector.
PDA
nounManufacturing
Initialism of production data acquisition.
PDC
Initialism of Personal Digital Cellular, a 2G mobile standard used in Japan.
PDI
nounAutomotive
Initialism of petrol direct injection (“fuel injection”).
PDLC
polymer dispersed liquid crystal.
PDP
Initialism of plasma display panel.
PE
Initialism of protective earthing.
peachblow
adjectiveIndustrial ceramics
Of a delicate purplish-pink colour suggesting peach blooms; applied especially to a style of Chinese porcelain.
peak
visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
peak shaving
The management by a utility of its demand for electricity over time, to reduce spikes in usage.
pearl
The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.
pecker
Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill
pedestal
nounMachining
A pillow block; a low housing.
pedestal coil
in a radiator, a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another
pedestal server
A type of computer rack consisting of a box-like frame or a columnar support, and may include wheels for transportation.
pedipulator
nounRobotics
A component mechanism which gives a robot the capability of walking; a robot having such a capability.
peekaboo blouse
A blouse that is made partially or completely of fabric that is sheer or transparent and usually reveals portions of the breasts.
peekaboo dress
A dress that is made partially or completely of fabric that is sheer or transparent and that reveals small portions of skin.
peel out
To start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.
peel strength
nounConstruction
The average load per unit width required to separate a flexible member from a rigid member or another flexible member.