psi

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Initialism 1.6 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 3 Croatian 3.1 Noun 4 French 4.1 Noun 4.2 Anagrams 5 Spanish 5.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• P.S.I.
• PSI

[edit] Etymology

Greek ψει, the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (Ψ, ψ).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: psī, IPA: /psaɪ/, SAMPA: /psaI/
  •  Audio (US) (Greek letter)^{help, file}
• enPR: sī, IPA: /saɪ/, SAMPA: /saI/
  •  Audio (US) (psychic abilities)^{help, file}
  • Homophones: xi, sigh, scye, sai, Si

• In contexts where confusion might arise with the Greek letter xi, which also has sī, /saɪ/, /saI/ as a possible pronunciation, the pronunciation of the "p" in psi is preferable.
• Rhymes: -aɪ

[edit] Noun

psi (countable and uncountable; plural psis)

1. (countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fourth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
2. (uncountable, parapsychology) A form of psychic energy.
   • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:

     ‘Come, lad,’ he said. ‘We will take tea together and speak of the noumenon, the psi and other more heterogenous phenomena.’

• Letter of the Greek alphabet: Ψ ψ
  • Previous: Χ
  • Next: Ω

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[edit] Initialism

psi

1. Pounds per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)

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• Alphagram: IPS
• ISP
• pis
• sip

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

psi f. (plural psis)

1. Psi; the Greek letter Ψ (lowercase ψ).

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[edit] Croatian

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psi

1. Plural form of pas.

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[edit] French

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psi m. inv.

1. psi (Greek letter)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ips
• pis

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

psi f. (plural psis)

1. psi; the Greek letter Ψ, ψ