All articles starting with P

Practical aesthetics

Practical Aesthetics, or the Atlantic Technique, is an action-based acting method developed by David Mamet and William H. Macy in the early 1980s, taught at the Atlantic Acting School, using four-step script analysis: literal, want, essential action, as-if.

Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance

Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) is a state machine replication algorithm published by Miguel Castro and Barbara Liskov of MIT in 1999, tolerating arbitrary, even malicious, replica faults.

Practical joke

Practical joke (prank): a physical-action trick intended to embarrass or make its target seem foolish, studied by folklorists as vernacular folk art, notably in Moira Marsh's Practically Joking (2015).

Practical Law

Practical Law is an online legal know-how service offering practice notes, standard documents, templates, and checklists written by lawyer editors. Begun in London, it was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2013.

Practical Magic

Practical Magic (1998) is a Warner Bros. comedy-fantasy film directed by Griffin Dunne, adapted from Alice Hoffman's 1995 novel, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as cursed witch sisters Sally and Gillian Owens; a 2026 sequel followed.

Practical Magic (franchise)

Practical Magic franchise: Alice Hoffman's Owens-family witch novels (1995-2021), the 1998 Griffin Dunne film with Bullock and Kidman that became a cult classic, and the 2026 sequel Practical Magic 2.

Practical Magic 2

Practical Magic 2 (2026) is the Susanne Bier-directed sequel to the 1998 cult film, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as the Owens witch sisters, based on Alice Hoffman's novel The Book of Magic; it earned $104.6M worldwide but scored 36% with critics versus 90% with audiences.

Practical number

A practical number is a positive integer such that every integer up to n is a sum of distinct divisors of n; 12 is the classic example.

Practical Nursing

Practical nursing (LPN/LVN) is licensed, non-registered nursing practice providing routine bedside care under RN or physician supervision. Entry requires a 12-18 month program, the NCLEX-PN, and state-defined scope; US median pay was $64,400 in May 2025.

Sep 23, 2026

Practice Is the Sole Criterion for Testing Truth

Practice Is the Sole Criterion for Testing Truth (实践是检验真理的唯一标准) is a Chinese theoretical article published in May 1978, arguing that only social practice, not authority, tests truth.

Practice Management

Practice management: the business administration of medical, dental, and veterinary practices, covering billing, staffing, compliance, and payer contracting; also the software category and the MGMA-credentialed profession supporting independent clinical practices.

Practice of law

Practice of law: applying legal principles and judgment to another person's legal affairs, a regulated activity reserved to licensed lawyers, with defined exceptions, unauthorized-practice penalties, and ongoing reform and AI-era debates.

Practolol

Practolol, sold as Eraldin, is a selective β1-adrenergic antagonist developed by Imperial Chemical Industries and introduced in 1970 as the first β1-selective beta blocker, withdrawn in 1976.

Prada

Prada is an Italian luxury fashion group founded in Milan in 1913 by Mario Prada, controlled by his granddaughter Miuccia Prada and known for the Prada and Miu Miu brands.

Prada Marfa

Prada Marfa is a permanent 2005 land art sculpture by Elmgreen & Dragset, a sealed faux Prada boutique on Highway 90 near Valentine, Texas, 37 miles from Marfa, funded by nonprofits, not by Prada.

Sep 27, 2026

Pradan Baruah

Pradan Baruah (born 1965) is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has represented Lakhimpur, Assam, in the Lok Sabha since a 2016 by-election, after serving in the Assam Legislative Assembly from Dhemaji.

Pradarantaka Lauha

Pradarantaka Lauha (Pradarantak Lauh), an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral iron formulation from Bhaishajya Ratnavali for menorrhagia, leucorrhea, and anemia; AFI-listed, 250 mg dose, least effective of six iron preparations in one trial.

Pradarantaka Rasa

Pradarantaka Rasa (Pradarāntaka rasa), an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral formulation with mercury, zinc ore, tin, silver, cowrie shell, sulphur, aloe, and iron; AFI dose 125 mg, used for pradara (menstrual bleeding disorders).

Pradarari lauha

Pradarari lauha (Pradarāri lauha), a classical Ayurvedic Lauha Kalpa from Bhaishajya Ratnavali 66/74-78 and AFI000151, combines calcined iron, calcined mica, and astringent herbs; dosed 1-2 g for pradara (abnormal vaginal discharge).

Pradeep Kumar (musician)

Pradeep Kumar (Tamil playback singer, born 1986, Tiruchirappalli), also called PK; Indian playback singer, composer, and Oorka indie vocalist known for Madras, Kabali, Filmfare Award, and Santhosh Narayanan collaborations.

Pradeep Kumar (প্রদীপ কুমার)

Pradeep Kumar (প্রদীপ কুমার), born Sital Batabyal, 1925–2001, Bengali-born Hindi film actor famed for royal roles in Anarkali (1953) and Taj Mahal (1963); distinct from other actors named Pradeep Kumar.

Sep 19, 2026

Pradeep Kumar Kheruka

Pradeep Kumar Kheruka is an Indian businessman who chairs Borosil Limited and Borosil Renewables, India's first and largest solar glass maker, and won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 award.