RPD may refer to:

People

* Robert Prentiss Daniel, American psychologist *

Rahul Peter Das Rahul Peter Das (born 7 July 1954 in Haan, North Rhine-Westphalia) was professor of South Asian studies (''Südasienkunde'') at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, where he is also the Dean of Studies of thFaculty of Philosophy I He ...

, German professor *

Rajendra Prasad Das Professor Rajendra Prasad Das (1930–2006) was an Indian archaeologist, an authority on the construction history of Hindu temples, a noted historian, a respected academician and an award-winning novelist. Professional life Archaeology Profe ...

, Indian archaeologist *

Royal Page Davidson Royal Page Davidson (October 9, 1870January 16, 1943) was an American scholar, educator, professor, and inventor. He is associated with helping to organize Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Highland Park, Illinois. He reestablished it ...

, American scholar * Richard Paul Davies, English priest *

Richard Peter Davis Richard Peter Davis (born December 30, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American guitarist and bandleader who is Chicago-based. He is the son of actor Nathan Davis (actor), Nathan Davis, the brother of director Andrew Davis (dire ...

, American musician *

Robert P. Davis Robert P. Davis (October 8, 1929 – November 7, 2005) was an American author, screenwriter, and film director whose works are primarily centered on aviation. His 1960 short film, '' Day of the Painter'', won an Academy Award in 1961 for B ...

, American author and filmmaker *

Robert Peel Dawson Colonel Robert Peel Dawson (1818 – 2 September 1877) was an Irish Member of the House of Commons at Westminster. He was one of the Dawson family of Castledawson and lived at Moyola Park, County Londonderry. He was the son of The Rt. Hon. Georg ...

, English-Irish politician *

Rajan P. Dev Rajan P. Dev (20 May 1951 – 29 July 2009) was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi (present day Kerala). He had acted in over 500 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu ...

, Indian actor *

R. Paul Dhillon R. Paul Dhillon is an Indo-Canadian journalist and head of MMM Films and Blueberry Street Motion Pictures. Dhillon is also a film writer, director, producer and cinematographer. Dhillon is a graduate of Simon Fraser University. In additi ...

, Indian-Canadian journalist *

Robert P. Dick Robert Paine Dick (October 5, 1823 – September 12, 1898) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Education and career Born on October 5, 1823, in Greensboro, North ...

, American judge *

Richi Puspita Dili Richi Puspita Dili (born 10 July 1989) is an Indonesian doubles specialist badminton player. She won the girls' doubles title at the 2007 Asian Junior Badminton Championships, 2007 Asian Junior Championships. Career Richi Puspita Dili was a me ...

, Indonesian badminton player *

Robert Percy Douglas General Sir Robert Percy Douglas, 4th Baronet (29 August 1805 – 30 September 1891) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. Early life The son of General Sir Howard Douglas, 3rd Baronet, Douglas was educated at H ...

, British Army general *

Rose Philippine Duchesne Rose Philippine Duchesne, RCSJ (August 29, 1769 – November 18, 1852), was a French religious sister and educator whom Pope John Paul II canonized in 1988. She is the only fully canonized female Roman Catholic saint to share a feast day with th ...

, French nun *

Robert P. Dunlap Robert Pinckney Dunlap (August 17, 1794 – October 20, 1859) was the 11th Governor of Maine and a U.S. Representative from Maine. Biography Born in Brunswick (in modern-day Maine, then a part of Massachusetts), Dunlap was educated by private ...

, American politician * Rosa Pam Durban, American novelist *

R. Palme Dutt Rajani Palme Dutt (19 June 1896 – 20 December 1974), generally known as R. Palme Dutt, was a leading journalist and theoretician in the Communist Party of Great Britain. His classic book ''India Today'' heralded the Marxist approach in Ind ...

, English journalist * Royden Patrick Dyson, American politician

Organizations

* Raccoon Police Department, fictional organization from the ''

Resident Evil ''Resident Evil'', known in Japan as is a Japanese horror game series and media franchise created by Capcom. It consists of survival horror, third-person shooter and first-person shooter games, with players typically surviving in environmen ...

'' video games *

Raleigh Police Department The Raleigh Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency of Raleigh, North Carolina. Overview The Raleigh Police Department is a full service police department, serving all areas in the city limits of Raleigh, and some properties wh ...

in North Carolina * Rashtriya Parivartan Dal, Indian political party *

Reno Police Department The Reno Police Department (RPD) is the police department of the City of Reno in Washoe County in northern Nevada. History RPD was established in 1903 to serve the growing community of Reno, which at that time consisted of a couple of square ...

in Nevada * Richmond Police Department in California * Richmond Police Department in Virginia *

Riverside Police Department The Riverside Police Department is the law enforcement agency responsible for the city of Riverside, California. History The Riverside Police Department was founded in 1896 and has grown from a small frontier town police force to a large metr ...

in California *

Rochester Police Department The Rochester Police Department, also known as the RPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of the City of Rochester, New York, reporting to the city mayor. It currently has approximately 852 officers and support staff, a budget of approxim ...

in New York *

Rochester Products Division Rochester Products Division (RPD) was a division of General Motors that manufactured carburetors, and related components including emissions control devices and cruise control systems in Rochester, New York. In 1995 Rochester became part of Delph ...

, New York branch of car manufacturer General Motors *

Rockville City Police Department The Rockville City Police Department (RCPD) is a U.S. law enforcement agency responsible for patrolling the city of Rockville, the third largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland. The RCPD patrols the city in cooperation with the Montgomery Coun ...

in Maryland *

RPD Energy RPD Energy, formerly Renewable Power Direct, markets directly sourced renewable electricity primarily to large commercial and industrial customers. RPD was founded in 2014 and is authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to act as a wh ...

, American energy company * RPD International, British design and manufacturing firm

Other

* FAA LID for Rice Lake Regional Airport *

Rack phase difference Rack Phase Difference (RPD) is a difference in the elevation between rack teeth of the chords of any single leg of a jackup rig with open truss-type legs. This type of jackup vessel operates with a rack and pinion drive system, as opposed to the p ...

, an oilfield term * Reactive plasma deposition, a

thin film A thin film is a layer of material ranging from fractions of a nanometer ( monolayer) to several micrometers in thickness. The controlled synthesis of materials as thin films (a process referred to as deposition) is a fundamental step in many a ...

deposition method *

Recognition-primed decision Recognition-primed decision (RPD) is a model of how people make quick, effective decisions when faced with complex situations. In this model, the decision maker is assumed to generate a possible course of action, compare it to the constraints imp ...

, a decision-making model *

Regional policy dialogue The Regional Policy Dialogue (RPD) is an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) initiative constituted by the bank's board of directors in December 1999. The RPD's objective is to promote knowledge sharing between high-level government officials fr ...

, an initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank *

Relative percent difference In any quantitative science, the terms relative change and relative difference are used to compare two quantities while taking into account the "sizes" of the things being compared, i.e. dividing by a ''standard'' or ''reference'' or ''starting'' va ...

, a statistical measure of deviation between two measurements *

Removable partial denture A removable partial denture (RPD) is a denture for a partially edentulous patient who desires to have replacement teeth for functional or aesthetic reasons and who cannot have a bridge (a fixed partial denture) for any reason, such as a lack of ...

, a dental prosthesis *

RNase PH RNase PH is a tRNA nucleotidyltransferase, present in archaea and bacteria, that is involved in tRNA processing. Contrary to hydrolytic enzymes, it is a phosphorolytic enzyme, meaning that it uses inorganic phosphate as a reactant to cleave nucl ...

domain, an exoribonuclease domain in certain enzymes *

Robot programming by demonstration In computer science, programming by demonstration (PbD) is an end-user development technique for teaching a computer or a robot new behaviors by demonstrating the task to transfer directly instead of programming it through machine commands. The t ...

, a technique to teach new skills to robots *

Robust parameter design A robust parameter design, introduced by Genichi Taguchi, is an experimental design used to exploit the interaction between control and uncontrollable noise variables by robustification—finding the settings of the control factors that minimize ...

, a technique for design of processes and experiments *

RPD machine gun The RPD (russian: ручной пулемёт Дегтярёва, Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova, English: Degtyaryov hand-held machine gun) is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the 7.62×39mm ...

, a Soviet light machine gun *

Revenue In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods and services related to the primary operations of the business. Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some companies receive rev ...

per day (RPD), a measurement commonly used in the vehicle rental industry

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