psi
psi¹
Definition
psi (sī, psē)
noun
the twenty-third letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ)
Etymology: LGr < Gr psei
psi²
Definition
psi (sī)
adjective
of or having to do with psychic or paranormal abilities or phenomena
noun
such abilities or phenomena collectively
psi³
Definition
psi
pounds per square inch
psi
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- do: They not only force us to ask, " Does psi exist?
- hold: Their regulator was connected to three cylinders, each holding 2,500 psi ( about 160 bar ) of air.
- require: Steel pressurized tanks seem unfeasible requiring 5,000 psi, weighting 3,400 lbs, and maintaining 800 atmospheres.
- use: If a psychic claimant really could predict winners by using psi this would be of great interest to psychical research.
- demonstrate: At each stage he failed to demonstrate psi and we designed further experiments to take account of his own suggested reasons for failure.
- reach: The pressure eventually reached 57 % psi, at this pressure bricks were beginning to crack.
Preposition: at
- rpm: The oil pressure should be around 15 - 20 psi at tickover and about 50 psi at 2500 rpm.
- tickover: The oil pressure should be around 15 - 20 psi at tickover and about 50 psi at 2500 rpm.
Adjective modifier
- false: Correlation, 19 ( 2 ), 17-32 Rose, N. and Blackmore, S.J. ( 2001 ) Are false memories psi conducive?
Modifies a noun
- #12: PSI #12 - Performance Studies international #12 15-18 June 2006, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
- wheel: TEST 3.. ... I covered the psi wheel with a plastic cover.
- phenomenon: In fact his repertoire covers both divisions of psi phenomena.
- angle: These bends are right-handed, due to permitted phi and psi angles.
- participant: PSI participants have agreed on a series of 10 sea, air, and ground interdiction training exercises to occur into 2004.
- ability: The people who take part in research are almost always just volunteers who do not profess to have any psi ability.
Noun used with modifier
- lbs: An inspector later said that tires should be inflated to 15 lbs psi and checked for leaks, not 100 lbs psi.
- angle: This document file will contain three columns with the three Eulerian angles psi, theta, and phi.
- paper: The rarely ever seen in public rotating covered paper psi wheel.
Preposition: of
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