Brewer's: P., P.P., P.P.P

(in music). P = piano, pp = pianissimo, and ppp = pianississimo. Sometimes pp means più piano (more softly).

So f = forte, ff = fortissimo, and fff = fortississimo.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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