RP is a way of pronouncing British English that is often considered to be the standard accent. Pronunciations in this dictionary are given in RP. RP is an abbreviation for `Received Pronunciation'. Received Pronunciation. Received Pronunciation the form of British pronunciation that many educated people in Britain use, and that is thought of as the standard form
Abbreviation used by JEOL for rotary pump, the roughing pump type used for backing high vacuum pumps and for the initial evacuation of the air from the specimen chamber and the electron optical column The pressure obtainable with a rotary pump is in the order of 1 Pa
Remote Power British designation for gun mounts using RPC Usually followed by a number which represented the type of power control The RP10 series were hydraulically operated while the RP50 series were electrically operated
= Received Pronunciation A social accent of English, which is spoken by a relatively well-educated and influential section of the British population The RP accent is also the accent which is most easily understood throughout Britain