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pi

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  • //paɪ//

The sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    The sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.

  2. 2

    An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265.

Herkunft

From Koine Greek πῖ (pî), from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pe. Its mathematical use apparently stems from its use as the first letter in περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “periphery; circumference”) and was first cited in 1706 in the Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos by William Jones.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered.

Herkunft

Unclear. Possibly from the Greek letter (see Etymology 1) as a common example of non-alphabetic character, possibly from pica (“type size”) (see Etymology 3), possibly from pie referring to its mixed nature or pied (“checkered, multicoloured”).

Verb

  1. 1

    To spill or mix printing type.

Adjektiv

  1. 1

    Not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.

    In computing, pi characters may be entered with special key combinations.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch).

  2. 2

    Piaster.

Herkunft

Abbreviations.

Adjektiv

  1. 1

    Pious.

    Our Major was "Cherub" Cheeseman, noted for his foul language. I am afraid he lost a tidy little legacy that he was expecting from his aunt, the Dowager Lady Shuttlecock (a very "pi" old lady), through this same habit of his.

    “Those are very 'pi' sentiments. Was a preacher in Staffordshire— I was raised chapel, though've tried to forget it—he talked that way... redemption and the lot.”

    In Sense and Sensibility, as even you might agree, there's at least the danger of a rather pi moral framework clamping down on the spontaneous fun and leaving the sisters to survive - a bit drearily - on the periphery of a mean world.

Formen

Plural
pis
Präteritum
pied
Partizip II
pied
Partizip I
piing
3. Person Singular
pies
Die NachbarseitenDie alphabetische Reihenfolge folgt den Regeln der Sprache, nicht den Bytewerten: Ein Akzent entscheidet nur zwischen zwei sonst gleichen Wörtern, und das Spanische führt Ñ als eigenen Buchstaben.

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