PR, P.R., Pr, pr, or Pr. may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''P.R.'' (TV series), a Canadian television sitcom * ''

Partisan Review ''Partisan Review'' (''PR'') was a small-circulation quarterly "little magazine" dealing with literature, politics, and cultural commentary published in New York City. The magazine was launched in 1934 by the Communist Party USA–affiliated John ...

'', a former political and literary journal * ''

Perry Rhodan ''Perry Rhodan'' is a West Germany, West German/Germany, German space opera franchise, named after its hero. It commenced in 1961 and has been ongoing for decades, written by an ever-changing team of authors. Having sold approximately two billi ...

'', German science fiction series * ''

Power Rangers ''Power Rangers'' is an entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise ''Super Sentai''. Produced first by Saban Entertainment, second by BVS Entert ...

'', an American television franchise based on ''Super Sentai''

Places

PR postcode area The PR postcode area, also known as the Preston postcode area, is a group of eleven postcode districts in North West England, within four post towns. These cover south-west Lancashire (including Preston, Chorley and Leyland) and north Merseysid ...

, UK, including Preston and Lancashire *

Paraná (state) Paraná () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, in the south of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the province of Misiones, Argentina, and on the west ...

, Brazil (ISO 3166-2:BR) *

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

, Italy (ISO 3166-2:IT) *

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

, ISO 3166 code PR

Politics

Pakatan Rakyat The People's Alliance ( ms, Pakatan Rakyat; abbrev: PR) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP ...

, an informal Malaysian political coalition * Party of Labour (''Partija rada''), a political party in Serbia *

Proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

, a property of some voting systems *

Republican Party of Albania The Republican Party of Albania (, PR or PRSH ) is a national-conservative political party in Albania. It currently holds 3 of the 140 seats in the Parliament of Albania, in alliance with the Democratic Party of Albania. History The party was fou ...

, a political party in Albania

Public relations

* Public relations, the professional maintenance of a favorable public image by an organisation or person * Press release, a prepared statement given to the news media as a public-relations tool

Religion

* Pastor, an ordained leader of a Christian congregation * Permanens Rector, or Permanent Rector, of a parish

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology and medicine

* Partial Response, a component of Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors * Pathogenesis-related proteins, produced by plants under pathogen attack *

Penicillium roqueforti ''Penicillium roqueforti'' is a common saprotrophic fungus in the genus ''Penicillium''. Widespread in nature, it can be isolated from soil, decaying organic matter, and plants. The major industrial use of this fungus is the production of blue ...

* '' Per rectum'', meaning "administered rectally" *Pigment Red (e.g., Para red, Pigment Red 190) * PR interval, a measurement used in cardiology * PR-104 *

Progesterone receptor The progesterone receptor (PR), also known as NR3C3 or nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 3, is a protein found inside cells. It is activated by the steroid hormone progesterone. In humans, PR is encoded by a single ''PGR'' gene resid ...

, a protein

Computing

* PR (complexity), a complexity class * pr (Unix), Unix command to paginate or columnate files for printing *

Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro is a timeline-based and non-linear video editing software application (NLE) developed by Adobe Inc. and published as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud licensing program. First launched in 2003, Adobe Premiere Pro is a succes ...

, software which uses "Pr" as its icon abbreviation * Pagerank, a Google technology * Performance Rating, a computing term by AMD * Project Reality, series of video games * Pull request, part of distributed version control * Part of the YPbPr standard

Mathematics

* PR (complexity), a complexity class * Pr(''E''), also P(''E''), the probability of an event ''E'' *

Positive-real function Positive-real functions, often abbreviated to PR function or PRF, are a kind of mathematical function that first arose in electrical network synthesis. They are complex functions, ''Z''(''s''), of a complex variable, ''s''. A rational function i ...

, in mathematics *

, a property of some voting systems

Other uses in science and technology

* Praseodymium, symbol Pr, a chemical element *

Prandtl number The Prandtl number (Pr) or Prandtl group is a dimensionless number, named after the German physicist Ludwig Prandtl, defined as the ratio of momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity. The Prandtl number is given as: : \mathrm = \frac = \frac ...

, in physics and engineering, typically denoted ''Pr'' * Propyl radicals or groups, denoted ''Pr'' in organic chemistry

Sports

* Personal record (sport), an individual's personal record in a particular event *

Pinch runner In baseball, a pinch runner is a player substituted for the specific purpose of replacing another player on base. The pinch runner may be faster or otherwise more skilled at base-running than the player for whom the pinch runner has been sub ...

, in baseball * Protected ranking, a method of ranking tennis players coming back from injury *

Punt returner A return specialist or kick returner is a player on the special teams unit of a gridiron football team who specializes in returning punts and kickoffs. There are few players who are exclusively return specialists; most also play another position ...

, a position in American football

Transportation

* Pakistan Railways (reporting mark PR) * Park and ride, a type of car park with public transport connections * Philippine Airlines (IATA airline designation PR) *'' Poste restante'', mail held for collection

Other uses

* Pakistan Rangers, a paramilitary force of Pakistan * Parachute rigger, a former U.S. Navy rank * Permanent residency * Princess Royal * Professor