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DPS

name · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Department of Public Safety.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: government

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name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Division for Planetary Sciences.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, planetology

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noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of damage per second; a standard way to calculate the damage dealt to other players or creatures in online role-playing games.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: video-games

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noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of damage per second; a standard way to calculate the damage dealt to other players or creatures in online role-playing games.

A player or unit whose primary role is to deal the maximum amount of damage possible (as opposed to holding the attention of the enemy, healing, or other tasks).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

Topics: video-games

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noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of delivery point sequence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Qualifier: postal

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noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of designated premises supervisor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of disintegration per second.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Qualifier: nuclear physics

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noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of double page spread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 9

Initialism of Doege-Potter syndrome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 10

plural of DP

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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History

Etymology

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