PI
- (initialism) . partial induction (see AI).
- (initialism) . politically incorrect (See PC).
- (initialism) . (electronics) power integrity.
- (initialism) . principal investigator (lead researcher on a grant-funded project).
- (initialism) . private investigator.
- (initialism) . personal injury.
- (initialism) . Prison Industries (The prison-run work program for inmates).
- (initialism) . (organic compounds) polyimide.
- (initialism) . (Philippines, colloquial) the Philippines (PI standing for ''Philippine Islands'').
- (abbreviation) . Piauí, a state of Brazil.
- Noun. The name of the sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
- 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.
- Noun. (metal typesetting) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered. Also called pie.
- Verb. (metal typesetting) To spill or mix printing type. Also, "to pie".
- Adjective. (typography) Not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.
- (abbreviation) . (typography) pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch).
- (abbreviation) . piaster.
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