EPR

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Initialism of engine pressure ratio (the ratio of pressure between exhaust and inlet of a jet engine).

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Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox
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EPR1

nounEPR (countable and uncountable, plural EPRs)

plural EPRs · alternative E.P.R. · alternative E. P. R.

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableaeronauticsInitialism of engine pressure ratio (the ratio of pressure between exhaust and inlet of a jet engine).
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of expected profit rate.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablenuclear energyInitialism of European Pressurised Reactor, a type of nuclear reactor, later also an initialism of Evolutionary Power Reactor.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of electronic patient record.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableenvironmentlawInitialism of extended producer responsibility.

    From California to the EU, legislators are moving ahead with a concept known as extended producer responsibility (EPR), which aims to hold brands accountable for what happens to the products they put out into the world.

    2025 May 31, Rachel Cernansky, “Solving fashion’s waste problem”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4

EPR2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationnatural sciencesShort for Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox

    Synonyms: Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox

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Origin

EPR · proper noun

From the initials of the three theoreticians to conceived of the paradox, Einstein (Albert Einstein), Podolsky (Boris Podolsky), Rosen (Nathan Rosen).

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