pi

Pi is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, or the numerical value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

(noun)

  1. Π is the symbol for Pi in the Greek alphabet.
  2. 3.1415 is an example of Pi.

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See pi in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. pies

  1. a mixed, disordered collection of printing type
  2. any jumble or mixture

Origin: see pie

transitive verb pied, pieing or piing

to make jumbled; mix up (type)

noun

  1. the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (Π, π)
    1. the symbol (π) designating the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
    2. the ratio itself, equal to 3.14159265+: often approximated as

Origin: Gr pi, earlier pei < Sem, as in Heb

private investigator

See pi in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. also (pē) The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet. See Table at alphabet.
  2. Mathematics A transcendental number, approximately 3.14159, represented by the symbol π, that expresses the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle and appears as a constant in many mathematical expressions.

Origin:

Origin: Late Greek

Origin: , from Greek pei

Origin: , of Phoenician origin; see p in Semitic roots

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also pie

noun pl. pis also pies
An amount of type that has been jumbled or thrown together at random.
verb pied pied (pīd) also pied, pi·ing also pie·ing, pies pies also pies
verb, transitive
To jumble or mix up (type).
verb, intransitive
To become jumbled.

Origin:

Origin: Origin unknown

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abbreviation
private investigator

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