LP

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LP or lp may stand for:

Businesses and organizations

• LP, Limited partnership in corporate law or a Limited Partner in a venture capital fund

In politics

• Labour Party (disambiguation), in several countries
• Liberal Party, in several countries
• Libertarian Party (United States), or a member thereof

Schools

• Lower Primary school, a subdivision of primary schools in certain places
• Lorne Park Secondary School, a high school in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Other businesses and organizations

• LAN Perú, 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

Science and technology

Computing and mathematics

• lp (Unix), 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 in some computer operating systems
  • A legacy abbreviation derived from line printer but now used for other types of printer
• Larch Prover, in automated theorem proving system
• Linear programming, in applied mathematics
• Logic programming

Medicine and psychology

• Licensed Psychologist
• Lumbar puncture, 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, a hydrocarbon gas mixture
• Liquid propane
• Low-power broadcasting, in radio and TV broadcasting
• Low precipitation supercell, a subtype of highly organized thunderstorm
• Sound pressure level, 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, a long-playing 12 or 10 inch (30 or 25 cm) vinyl record that spins at 33⅓ rpm
• LP (singer), American indie pop singer
• El-P (born 1975), American rapper
• Latin Percussion, a brand of percussion instruments
• Laxmikant-Pyarelal (1940–1998), Indian music director duo
• Gibson Les Paul, electric guitar
• Linkin Park, an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California

Albums

• LP (Ambulance LTD album), a 2004 indie rock album by Ambulance LTD
• LP (Discovery album), a 2009 indie R&B album by Discovery
• LP (Holy Fuck album), a 2007 improvisational electronica album by Holy Fuck
• L.P. (The Rembrandts album), a 1995 rock album by The Rembrandts
• LP (Soviettes album), a 2003 punk rock album by The Soviettes
• LP (Landon Pigg album), 2006
• The LP, a 1996 hip-hop album by Large Professor

Other uses

• United Nations laissez-passer, 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, a euphemism for those affected by Dwarfism
• Lower Peninsula of Michigan
• Listening post, a facility established to monitor radio and microwave signals
• Let's Play, a style of video series documenting the playthrough of a video game
• License points, in the video game Final Fantasy XII