atomic number 15 definition of atomic number 15 in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

P, 16th letter of the alphabet alphabet [Gr. alpha-beta, like Eng. ABC], system of writing , theoretically having a one-for-one relation between character (or letter) and phoneme (see phonetics ). Few alphabets have achieved the ideal exactness.
..... Click the link for more information. , representing the voiceless bilabial stop. It corresponds to Greek pi, but in form it looks like Greek rho (see R R, 18th letter of the alphabet , corresponding to Greek rho. When in Latin alphabets the letters for p and r became similar in appearance, the rho form (P; which at first was used for the r sound) was restricted to the p
..... Click the link for more information. ). For the technical use of P in higher criticism, see Old Testament Old Testament, Christian name for the Hebrew Bible, which serves as the first division of the Christian Bible (see New Testament ). The designations "Old" and "New" seem to have been adopted after c.A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. . In chemistry P is the symbol of the element phosphorus phosphorus (fŏs`fərəs) [Gr.,=light-bearing], nonmetallic chemical element; symbol P; at. no. 15; at. wt. 30.97376; m.p. 44.
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