Psi

//psaɪ// name, noun, symbol

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Policy Studies Institute, a British think tank. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek. countable
  2. 2
    Initialism of pre-sentence investigation. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet wordnet
  4. 4
    A form of psychic energy. uncountable

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

  5. 5
    Initialism of protein structure initiative. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    a unit of pressure wordnet
  2. 7
    Initialism of pollutant safety/standard index (measurement of the air pollutant such as haze). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Symbol
  1. 1
    Pound per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)

    "Each turbogenerator consisted of a steam turbine, powered by 900 psi of superheated steam, that was coupled by a set of reduction gears to a General Electric marine alternating-current generator operating at 1,800 rpm. Each generator had a capacity of 2,000 kilowatts of three-phase power at 450 volts and 60 hertz. The main 450-volt switchboard was energized by the two turbogenerators. The emergency switchboard, in the emergency generator room, was fed from the main switchboard through an electrical tie."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Initialism of pounds per square inch.

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