SPS

SPS (plural SPSes or SPSs)

1. Initialism of supplementary policy statement.
2. (aviation) Initialism of stall protection/prevention system.
3. (pathology) Initialism of stiff person syndrome.

   Synonym: SMS

4. (pathology) Initialism of sticky platelet syndrome.
5. (electricity) Initialism of supplementary power system/supply.
   1. (electricity) Initialism of standby power system/supply.

      Synonym: SBPS

6. (electricity) Initialism of smart power system/supply.
7. (electricity) Initialism of stand-alone power system/supply.

   Synonym: SAPS

   1. Initialism of standalone photovoltaic system/supply.

      Synonyms: SAPVS, SPVS, SAPS

8. (electricity) Initialism of solar power station.
   1. (aerospace) Initialism of solar power satellite.

      Coordinate terms: SBSP, SSP

9. (aerospace) Initialism of satellite power system.
10. (psychology) Initialism of sensory processing sensitivity.
11. (psychology) Initialism of small penis syndrome.
    • 2016 October 4, Jefferson Bass [pseudonym; Jon Jefferson], chapter 3, in Without Mercy (Body Farm; 10), New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 22:

      “You know, if anybody else were driving that thing, I’d be tempted to diagnose a case of SPS compensation.” / “Of what compensation?” / “SPS.” / “I heard what you said,” I told her. “I just don’t know what it means.” / “SPS? Small penis syndrome.” / “Eww,” I said. / “SPS compensation means driving a huge truck or a souped-up car—or shooting giant guns, or acting supermacho—to compensate for a sense of manly inadequacy. Mind you,” she added, “I doubt that Waylon actually suffers from SPS.”

    • 2017 November 21, Sarah Young, “‘King of Instagram’ Dan Bilzerian condemns trophy hunters as ‘dudes with small d****’”, in The Independent‎^[1], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 November 2017:

      Taking to Twitter, the high-stakes professional poker player called out trophy hunters by implying that their cruel hobby was the result of having ‘SPS’ – small penis syndrome.

    • 2020 May 12, Daniel Kalla, chapter 7, in The Last High: A Thriller, Toronto, Ont.: Simon & Schuster Canada, →ISBN, page 40:

      “And how about our ever-charming heart surgeon? Any more rumblings from Harold the Great?” / “I hear he’s forwarding the case for formal review.” / “Harold is too tall for short man’s complex. So there’s only one other possible explanation. SPS.” / “SPS? I’m afraid to even ask.” / Goran’s eyes light up. “Small penis syndrome.”

SPS

1. (US, aerospace, astronautics) Initialism of Service Propulsion System.
2. Initialism of Scottish Prison Service.

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SPS f (genitive SPS, plural SPS)

1. (electronics) initialism of speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung
2. (psychiatry) initialism of schizoide Persönlichkeitsstörung
3. (psychiatry) initialism of Skin-Picking-Störung