PI

  1. (initialism) .  partial induction (see AI).
  2. (initialism) .  politically incorrect (See PC).
  3. (initialism) .  (electronics) power integrity.
  4. (initialism) .  principal investigator (lead researcher on a grant-funded project).
  5. (initialism) .  private investigator.
  6. (initialism) .  personal injury.
  7. (initialism) .  Prison Industries (The prison-run work program for inmates).
  8. (initialism) .  (organic compounds) polyimide.
  9. (initialism) .  (Philippines, colloquial) the Philippines (PI standing for ''Philippine Islands'').
  10. (abbreviation) .  Piauí, a state of Brazil.
  11. Noun.  The name of the sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
  12. Noun.  (mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.1415926535897932384626433832795; usually written π.
  13. Noun.  (metal typesetting) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered. Also called pie.
  14. Verb.  (metal typesetting) To spill or mix printing type. Also, "to pie".
  15. Adjective.  (typography) Not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.
  16. (abbreviation) .  (typography) pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch).
  17. (abbreviation) .  piaster.

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