pi — English Dictionary

Noun

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

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

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

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   Archimedes' constantLudolphian numberLudolph's constantLudolph's number

Noun

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

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Verb

1. To spill or mix printing type.

Adjective

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

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

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

Noun

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

2. Piaster.

Adjective

1. Pious.

   Related words

   pica stickciceropi sai

   Examples

   More examples (3)

   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.

Noun

1. the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846 …

   Broader terms

   transcendental number

2. the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet

   Broader terms

   letterletter of the alphabetalphabetic character