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Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade
Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade, a Provisional Irish Republican Army unit in eastern County Tyrone during the Troubles; known for the border no-go zone strategy, Jim Lynagh's Maoist theory, the 1987 Loughgall SAS ambush, and the highest IRA casualty rate of any area.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA, Provos): republican paramilitary group formed in the December 1969 IRA split, seeking an end of British rule and a united Ireland; waged an armed campaign until ceasefires in 1994 and 1997 and decommissioned its weapons in 2005.
Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign
Provisional IRA campaign (1969–2005): armed struggle of the Provisional IRA, formed in the December 1969 IRA split, against British rule in Northern Ireland; 1,696 deaths attributed, 1994 and 1997 ceasefires, Good Friday Agreement, decommissioning by 2005.
Provisional Measure No. 1,340
Provisional Measure No. 1,340 (Medida Provisória nº 1.340) was a 2026 Brazilian measure subsidizing road diesel at R$ 0.32 per liter; it lapsed in July 2026.
Provisional Municipality of Venice
The Provisional Municipality of Venice (Municipalità provvisoria di Venezia) was the democratic revolutionary government that ruled Venice from May 1797 until the Austrian occupation in January 1798.
Provisional National Defence Council
Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), Ghana's military government under Jerry John Rawlings from the 31 December 1981 coup against Limann until the Fourth Republic's inauguration on 7 January 1993; ruled by decree under PNDC Law 42, launched the 1983 Economic Recovery Programme, and produced the NDC.
Provisional People's Committee of North Korea
The Provisional People's Committee of North Korea (북조선임시인민위원회) was the administrative body governing northern Korea under Soviet occupation, organized on 8 February 1946 and chaired by Kim Il-sung.
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG; Chính phủ cách mạng lâm thời Cộng hòa miền Nam Việt Nam), communist-aligned rival government formed June 1969 from the NLF, signed the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, governed the Republic of South Vietnam 1975–1976.
Provisional Rules on the Press of 1865
The Provisional Rules on the Press of 1865 (Временные правила о цензуре и печати) were Russian press laws approved by Alexander II that replaced preventive censorship with prosecution after publication.
Provisional Ruling Council
The Provisional Ruling Council (PRC) was Nigeria's highest governing body under military rule in the late 1990s, ruling by decree under the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
Provisional Russian Administration in Bulgaria
The Provisional Russian Administration in Bulgaria (Временно руско управление в България) was the Russian Empire's civil administration over occupied Bulgarian lands from June 1877 to July 1879.
Provisions of Oxford
The Provisions of Oxford, drawn up in June 1258, forced Henry III to accept rule by a Council of Fifteen under baronial leader Simon de Montfort, with thrice-yearly parliaments, before collapse in 1261.
Provivi
Provivi, founded in 2013 by Pedro Coelho, Peter Meinhold, and Nobel laureate Frances Arnold, is a Santa Monica, California company making insect pheromones for crop protection.
Provo Canyon School
Provo Canyon School (PCS) is a residential treatment facility for adolescents in Utah County, Utah, founded in 1971 and ordered by the state to close in 2026.
Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah: county seat of Utah County on the eastern shore of Utah Lake, 45 miles south of Salt Lake City. Founded as Fort Utah in 1849, incorporated 1851, population 115,162 (2020), home of Brigham Young University.
Provocation testing
Provocation testing is a diagnostic method in which a suspected trigger, such as a drug, food allergen, or hormone, is given in escalating doses under medical supervision to confirm hypersensitivity.
Provoke
Provoke (プロヴォーク) was a Japanese photographic magazine founded in Tokyo in 1968 by Takuma Nakahira, Yutaka Takanashi, and others, famous for its grainy, blurry, out-of-focus style.
Provoked (film)
Provoked: A True Story is a 2006 British-Indian drama by Jag Mundhra starring Aishwarya Rai as Kiranjit Ahluwalia, based on Circle of Light, about her 1989 conviction and appeal.
Provost (education)
Provost (education): the chief academic officer of a college or university, second to the president; also called vice president for academic affairs. Oversees academic programs, faculty personnel, and academic budgets; first created at Cornell in 1931.
Prowler (Marvel Comics)
Prowler is a Marvel Comics codename, first held by Hobie Brown, a Spider-Man villain-turned-ally who debuted in Amazing Spider-Man #78 (November 1969) with pneumatic high-tech gear; later Prowlers include Rick Lawson (1997) and Aaron Davis (2011), Miles Morales's uncle, famous from Spider-Verse films.
Proxemics
Proxemics, coined by Edward T. Hall in The Hidden Dimension (1966), studies interpersonal distance and cultural space use: four zones (intimate 0-45 cm to public >360 cm), cross-cultural variation, and VR and robot applications.
Proxemics in robotics
Proxemics in robotics is the application of proxemics, the study of how humans use space, to human-robot interaction, defining comfortable approach distances for social robots.
Proxene Tools Co., Ltd.
Proxene Tools Co., Ltd. (伯鑫工具股份有限公司) is a Taiwanese hand-tool manufacturer founded in 1984 by Arthur Wu in Taichung, Asia's largest industrial-grade adjustable wrench maker, acquired 51 percent by Fusheng in 2025.
Proxibarbal
Proxibarbal (Ipronal, Centralgol, Axeen) is a racemic 5-allyl-5-(2-hydroxypropyl) barbiturate, ATC N05CA22, once used for migraine and anxiety and withdrawn in France in 1998 for immunoallergic thrombocytopenia.
Proxie
PROXIE (พร็อกซี) is a six-member Thai T-pop boy group (Gun, Kim, Chokun, Gorn, Onglee, Victor) that debuted 28 April 2022 under bROTHERS MUSIC after the survival show The Brothers, known for Crazy Love, Silent Mode, and albums Data Storage and Level Up.
Proxima (film)
Proxima is a 2019 French-German drama directed by Alice Winocour, starring Eva Green as astronaut Sarah Loreau, a single mother training with ESA for a year-long ISS mission; filmed at real ESA, Star City, and Baikonur facilities; San Sebastián Special Jury Prize winner.
Proxima Centauri
Proxima Centauri, also called Alpha Centauri C, is a red dwarf star in Centaurus and the nearest star to the Sun, orbiting Alpha Centauri A and B.
Proxima Centauri b
Proxima Centauri b, also known as Proxima b, is an exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the Sun's closest neighbor, detected in 2016 with a minimum mass of about 1.2 Earth masses.
Proxima Centauri c
Proxima Centauri c is an unconfirmed candidate exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the Sun's nearest stellar neighbor, reported in 2020 at roughly 1.5 astronomical units from its star.
Proxima Centauri d
Proxima Centauri d (also written Proxima d) is a terrestrial exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun, with a minimum mass of about 0.26 Earth masses.