LP or lp may stand for:

Businesses and organizations

*LP,

Limited partnership A limited partnership (LP) is a form of partnership similar to a general partnership except that while a general partnership must have at least two general partners (GPs), a limited partnership must have at least one GP and at least one limited ...

in corporate law or a Limited Partner in a venture capital fund

In politics

Labour Party (disambiguation) Labour Party or Labor Party is a name used by many political parties. Many of these parties have links to the trade union movement or organised labour in general. Labour parties can exist across the political spectrum, but most are centre-left or l ...

, in several countries * Liberal Party, in several countries *

Libertarian Party (United States) The Libertarian Party (LP) is a Political parties in the United States, political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, ''laissez-faire'' capitalism, and Limited government, limiting the size and scope ...

, or a member thereof

Schools

*Lower Primary school, a subdivision of

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...

s in certain places *

Lorne Park Secondary School Lorne Park Secondary School (often abbreviated as LP or LPSS) is a state school, public high school located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It serves the Lorne Park neighbourhood, as well as a larger catchment area for the Extended French program ...

, a high school in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Other businesses and organizations

LAN Perú Lan or LAN may also refer to: Science and technology * Local asymptotic normality, a fundamental property of regular models in statistics * Longitude of the ascending node, one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in sp ...

, an airline based in Lima, Peru (IATA code LP) * Louisiana-Pacific, a manufacturer of building materials * Lowercase people, an organization founded by rock band Switchfoot *

Ladakh Police Ladakh Police is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the Union territory of Ladakh, India. It came into existence on 31 October 2019. History The union territory of Ladakh was formed on 31 October ...

, police agency of

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory which constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region and has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947. (subscription required) Quote: "Jammu and ...

, India

Science and technology

Computing and mathematics

lp (Unix) The printing subsystem of UNIX System V is one of several standardized systems for printing on Unix, and is typical of commercial System V-based Unix versions such as Solaris and SCO OpenServer. A system running this print architecture could tradit ...

, command for printing documents * ''L''^''p'' space * LPMud, a type of virtual world server software created in 1989 *LP or lp, the device name for a

printer Printer may refer to: Technology * Printer (publishing), a person or a company * Printer (computing), a hardware device * Optical printer for motion picture films People * Nariman Printer ( fl. c. 1940), Indian journalist and activist * Jame ...

in some computer operating systems ** A legacy abbreviation derived from line printer but now used for other types of printer *

Larch Prover The Larch Prover, or LP for short, was an interactive theorem proving system for multi-sorted first-order logic. It was used at MIT and elsewhere during the 1990s to reason about designs for circuits, concurrent algorithms, hardware, and software ...

, in automated theorem proving system *

Linear programming Linear programming (LP), also called linear optimization, is a method to achieve the best outcome (such as maximum profit or lowest cost) in a mathematical model whose requirements are represented by linear function#As a polynomial function, li ...

, in applied mathematics *

LivePerson LivePerson is a global technology company that develops conversational commerce and AI software. Headquartered in New York City, LivePerson is best known as the developer of the Conversational Cloud, a software platform that allows consumers to ...

AI-powered chatbot * Logic programming

Medicine and psychology

*Licensed

Psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

Lumbar puncture Lumbar puncture (LP), also known as a spinal tap, is a medical procedure in which a needle is inserted into the spinal canal, most commonly to collect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for diagnostic testing. The main reason for a lumbar puncture is to ...

, a diagnostic and, at times, therapeutic procedure, that is performed to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid

Other uses in science and technology

Liquefied petroleum gas Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas) is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, propylene, butylene, isobutane and n-butane. LPG is used as a fuel gas in heating appliances, cooking e ...

, a hydrocarbon gas mixture *

Liquid propane A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure. As such, it is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, gas, an ...

Low power electronics Low-power electronics are electronics, such as notebook processors, that have been designed to use less electric power than usual, often at some expense. In the case of notebook processors, this expense is processing power; notebook processors usu ...

Low-power broadcasting Low-power broadcasting is broadcasting by a broadcast station at a low transmitter power output to a smaller service area than "full power" stations within the same region. It is often distinguished from "micropower broadcasting" (more commonly " ...

, in radio and TV broadcasting *

Low precipitation supercell A supercell is a thunderstorm characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone: a deep, persistently rotating updraft. Due to this, these storms are sometimes referred to as rotating thunderstorms. Of the four classifications of thunderstorms (s ...

, a subtype of highly organized thunderstorm *

Sound pressure level Sound pressure or acoustic pressure is the local pressure deviation from the ambient (average or equilibrium) atmospheric pressure, caused by a sound wave. In air, sound pressure can be measured using a microphone, and in water with a hydrophone ...

, Lp *Luyten-Palomar, astronomical survey catalog of high proper motion stars (LP numbers). L in zones -45 to -89 deg.; LP in zones +89 to -44 deg. See Star catalogue#Proper motion catalogues

Music

LP record The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a ...

, a long-playing 12- or 10-inch (30 or 25 cm) vinyl record that spins at 33⅓ rpm *

LP (singer) Laura Pergolizzi (born March 18, 1981), known professionally as LP, is an American singer and songwriter. LP has released six albums and three EPs. LP has written songs for other artists including Cher, Rihanna, the Backstreet Boys, Leona Lewis ...

, American indie pop singer *

El-P Jaime Meline (born March 2, 1975), better known by the stage name El-P (shortened from his previous stage name El Producto), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Starting his career as a member of Company Flow, he has been a ...

(born 1975), American rapper * Latin Percussion, a brand of percussion instruments * Laxmikant–Pyarelal (1940–1998), Indian music director duo *

Gibson Les Paul The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar that was first sold by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1952. The guitar was designed by factory manager John Huis and his team with input from and endorsement by guitarist Les Paul. Its typi ...

, electric guitar *

Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer ...

, an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California * Liam Payne (born 29 August 1993) an English singer. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.

Albums

* ''LP'' (Ambulance LTD album), 2004 * ''LP'' (Discovery album), 2009 * ''LP'' (Holy Fuck album), 2007 * ''LP'' (Insomniac Folklore album), 2010 *''

LP! ''LP!'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper JPEGMafia. Released on his 32nd birthday, October 22, 2021, this is JPEGMafia's final studio album released with Republic Records and EQT Recordings. ''LP!'' has two versions, an "online" ve ...

'', by JPEGMafia, 2021 * LP1 (Liam Payne album) 2019 * ''LP'' (Landon Pigg album), 2006 *''

The LP The LP is the debut solo album of American emcee and producer Large Professor. It was released officially in 2009, after being shelved in 1996 by Geffen Records after several delays. " The Mad Scientist" and " I Juswannachill" were released as s ...

'', by Large Professor, 1996 * ''L.P.'' (The Rembrandts album), 1995 * ''LP'' (Soviettes album), 2003

Other uses

United Nations laissez-passer A United Nations laissez-passer (UNLP or LP) is a diplomatic travel document issued by the United Nations under the provisions of Article VII of the 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations in its offices in New Y ...

, a travel document issued by the United Nations to its staff * Lesson plan, a teacher's detailed description of the course of instruction for a class *Little person, someone affected by

Dwarfism Dwarfism is a condition wherein an organism is exceptionally small, and mostly occurs in the animal kingdom. In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than , regardless of sex; the average adult height among people with dw ...

* Lower Peninsula of Michigan *

Listening post A radio listening station (also: listening post, radio intercept station or wireless intercept station, W/T station for wireless telegraphy) is a facility used for military reconnaissance, especially telecommunications reconnaissance (also kno ...

, a facility established to monitor radio and microwave signals *

Let's Play A Let's Play (LP) is a video (or screenshots accompanied by text) documenting the playthrough of a video game, often including commentary and/or a camera view of the gamer's face. A Let's Play differs from a video game walkthrough or strateg ...

, a style of video series documenting the playthrough of a video game *License points, in the video game ''

Final Fantasy XII is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. The twelfth main installment of the ''Final Fantasy'' series, it was first released for the PlayStation 2 in 2006. It introduced several innovations to the series: an open wo ...

'' *

Liquidity provider A market maker or liquidity provider is a company or an individual that quotes both a buy and a sell price in a tradable asset held in inventory, hoping to make a profit on the ''bid–ask spread'', or ''turn.'' The benefit to the firm is that i ...

in finance {{Disambiguation