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Look up pi, PI, π, or Π in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Pi, or π is the mathematical constant equal to a circle's circumference divided by its diameter.
Pi, PI, π or Π may also refer to:
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Letter Pi (π) [link]
- Pi (letter), the Greek letter
- Lowercase π:
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(pi function), the prime-counting function
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- Pi bond, a chemical bond
- Parallax in astrometry, especially annual parallax
- A song from the Kate Bush album Aerial
- pion, a subatomic particle
- A men's fragrance from Givenchy
- The symbol for political life used in Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy
- Pi-calculus, a process calculus
- A measure of nucleotide diversity in molecular genetics
- Uppercase Π:
- Osmotic pressure
- The product symbol
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(Pi function), the Gamma function when offset to coincide with the factorial
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, the reciprocal of the Pi reciprocal
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, a set in the Arithmetical hierarchy
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, a set in the Analytical hierarchy
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, a set in the Polynomial hierarchy
Pi as a word [link]
- Pi (instrument)
- Pi (.hack), a fictional character from the multimedia franchise .hack//G.U.
- Pi Magazine
- Pi Recordings, a record label
- Pi, Catalonia, a town in Catalonia, Spain
- Pi County in Sichuan, China
- Pi (film), a 1998 film directed by Darren Aronofsky
- Pi Studios, a video game developer
- Pi (state) a vassal state in Zhou Dynasty China (1046–256 BCE)
- "Pi", a song from the Hard 'n Phirm album Horses and Grasses
- Pi, a member of Team Robo in Sega Soccer Slam
- Pi, a fictional character in the novel Life of Pi
- PI System data analysis software, made by OSIsoft
- Pi Islands
PI as an abbreviation [link]
Science [link]
- Parental Investment in biology
- Primary immunodeficiency
- Pulsatility index of blood flow
- An inorganic phosphate group (as Pi)
- The isoelectric point (as pI)
- Phosphatidylinositol
- Propidium iodide
- Polarity item in linguistics
- Polyimide
- Ponderal Index
- Potential instability in meteorology
- Protease inhibitor (pharmacology), class of drugs used to treat or prevent infection by viruses, including HIV and Hepatitis C
- Protease inhibitor (biology), molecules that inhibit the function of proteases
- Pistillata a gene that influences the development of flowers in the ABC Model of Flower Development
- Prediction interval in statistics
- Paternity Index
Companies and organizations [link]
- Parents for Inclusion
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Privacy International
- Pasteur Institute
- Sun Air (Fiji) (IATA airline code: PI)
Political parties [link]
- Independent Party (Uruguay) (Spanish: Partido Independiente)
- Intransigent Party (Spanish: Partido Intransigente), Argente political party
Professional occupations [link]
- Photographic interpreter, an aerospace and strategic reconnaissance term
- In legal shorthand, it refers to a plaintiff
- Personal injury attorney
- Principal investigator, the lead scientist in a project
- Private investigator
- Permanent injunction
Computing [link]
- Page impressions, an online advertising term
- Pebi, a Binary prefix
- Programmed instruction
- Provider Independent Address Space
- Processing Instruction, SGML and XML node type
- Raspberry Pi, a miniature motherboard
Other [link]
- Pass interference in American football
- Parameter indicator, in ISO standards
- People's Initiative
- Profitability index
- Personal injury
- The Philippines (from "Philippine Islands")
- PI controller, a concept in automation and control engineering
- Piauí, a state in Brazil
- Poison Idea, American hardcore punk band
- Public intoxication
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Philippine Idol
- Primitive Instinct
- Proforma invoice
- Plasticity index
- Prison Industry, as often coined on the Fox hit series Prison Break
- Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island
- Philippine Islands
- Partit per la Independència, a short lived political party in Catalonia of the 1990s
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Pali
Pali (Pāli) is a Prakrit language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of many of the earliest extant literature of Buddhism as collected in the Pāli Canon or Tipiṭaka and is the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism.
Origin and development
Etymology
The word Pali is used as a name for the language of the Theravada canon. According to the Pali Text Society's Dictionary, the word seems to have its origins in commentarial traditions, wherein the Pāli (in the sense of the line of original text quoted) was distinguished from the commentary or vernacular translation that followed it in the manuscript. As such, the name of the language has caused some debate among scholars of all ages; the spelling of the name also varies, being found with both long "ā" [ɑː] and short "a" [a], and also with either a retroflex [ɭ] or non-retroflex [l] "l" sound. Both the long ā and retroflex ḷ are seen in the ISO 15919/ALA-LC rendering, Pāḷi; however, to this day there is no single, standard spelling of the term, and all four possible spellings can be found in textbooks. R. C. Childers translates the word as "series" and states that the language "bears the epithet in consequence of the perfection of its grammatical structure".
Protection and indemnity insurance
Protection and indemnity insurance, more commonly known as "P&I" insurance, is a form of mutual maritime insurance provided by a P&I Club. Whereas a marine insurance company provides "hull and machinery" cover for shipowners, and cargo cover for cargo owners, a P&I Club provides cover for open-ended risks that traditional insurers are reluctant to insure. Typical P&I cover includes: a carrier's third-party risks for damage cause to cargo during carriage; war risks; and risks of environmental damage such as oil spills and pollution. In the UK, both traditional underwriters and P&I clubs are subject to the Marine Insurance Act 1906.
A P&I Club is a mutual insurance association that provides risk pooling, information and representation for its members. Unlike a marine insurance company, which reports to its shareholders, a P&I club reports only to its members. Originally, P&I Club members were typically ship-owners, ship-operators or demise charterers, but more recently freight forwarders and warehouse operators have been able to join.
