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The correct spelling is pi.
How to pronounce pi
/paɪ/
nounIPA: /paɪ/
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The correct spelling is pi. The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek. For example: "In computing, pi characters may be entered with special key combinations."
Usage Examples
“In computing, pi characters may be entered with special key combinations.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
- 2.An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π.
- 3.Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered.
- 4.Pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas ≈ 1 inch)
- 5.Piaster
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.
- 2.Pious
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