a long-playing gramophone record: usually one 12 inches (30 cm) or 10 inches (25 cm) in diameter, designed to rotate at 33 revolutions per minute
Compare EP(as modifier): an LP sleeve long play: a slow-recording facility on a VCR which allows twice the length of material to be recorded on a tape from that of standard play
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LP, pl. LPs, LP's.
L.P.,
- Music, Sound Reproduction, Music and Dancea phonograph record played at 331⁄3 r.p.m.;
long-playing record.
L.P.,
- long primer.
- Physicslow pressure.
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(in Britain) Lord Provost - Also: lp
low pressure
Lp(a),
- lipoprotein(a).
- lipoprotein(a).
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