pi¹ Definition
pi (pī)
noun pl. pies
- a mixed, disordered collection of printing type
- any jumble or mixture
Etymology: see pie
transitive verb pied, pie′·ing or pi′·ing
to make jumbled; mix up (type)
pi² Definition
pi (pī)
noun
- the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (Π, π)
- the symbol (π) designating the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
- the ratio itself, equal to 3.14159265+: often approximated as
Etymology: Gr pi, earlier pei < Sem, as in Heb pē
PI Definition
PI
private investigator
pi Synonyms
pi ( ) Telecom Definition
pi Usage Examples
Object
flycatcher: Nesting suggests global warming Pied flycatchers at Coedydd Aber are the latest to suggest that global warming is happening.
Converse of object
- calculate: I can calculate pi in my head to over six hundred decimal places.
- use: Any single or dual PI -- one or two PIs used at therapeutic doses Alternatives: Another dual PI or boosted PI.
- boost: Quick guide Choose 2 nukes + either 1 NNRTI or 1 PI boosted with ritonavir.
- give: An object of diameter 1 meter would only improve the error to give pi to about 1 more decimal place.
- get: You then divide the circumference by the diameter to get pi, with a calculator.
- compute: In 1699, he computed pi to 75 places.
Preposition: at
t(n: If pi at t(n ) has a velocity history, then Ni is unity.
Adjective modifier
- other: It is now almost exclusively used to boost the level of other PIs, meaning two to four caps a day instead of 12.
- new: Maintaining Scotland's roads report new PI identified to report councils' annual performance.
- local: In future all NCRN trials that local PIs wish to initiate locally will need to be supported by the relevant disease specific Tumor Board.
- national: The former DETR specified 17 national PIs for housing for the year 2000/2001.
Modifies a noun
- radian: Therefore, there is a full 360 degrees or 2 pi radians of phase shift for reflections from a load HALF a wavelength away.
- calculus: Pi calculus systems are evolving to become the new wave of software infrastructure to manage business processes.
- bond: Pi bonds are formed by the sideways overlap between p orbitals.
- electron: Think carefully about which way the pi bond electrons swing.
- ..: Have you thought of staying home a little longer while you pi...
- system: Pi calculus systems are evolving to become the new wave of software infrastructure to manage business processes.
Adjective complement
last: The outgoing head of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) became the latest victim to be pied last Sunday.
Noun used with modifier
number: The word ' wibbly ' appears in the number pi π after about a thousand million bits!
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