psi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
  2. A form of psychic energy.
symbol
  1. Pound per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)
noun
  1. Initialism of pre-sentence investigation.
  2. Initialism of protein structure initiative.
  3. Initialism of pollutant safety/standard index (measurement of the air pollutant such as haze).
name
  1. Initialism of Policy Studies Institute, a British think tank.

Pronunciation

psī /psaɪ/ /saɪ/ en-us-psi.ogg en-us-psi-mental.ogg

Word forms

psi psis P.S.I.

Etymology

From Middle English psi, from Latin psī, from Ancient Greek ψεῖ (pseî), the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (Ψ, ψ).

Related words

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