P.O. n 1: a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army [syn: {petty officer}, {PO}, {P.O.}]
Phosphoryl \Phos"phor*yl\ (f[o^]s"f[o^]r*[i^]l), n. [Phosphorus + -yl.] (Chem.) The radical {PO}, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds. [1913 Webster]