![]() ![]() ![]() noun the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project.noun an antiviral drug used against HIV interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease often used in combination with other drugs.noun someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.noun the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet.noun the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846. ![]() abbreviation typography pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch)įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.adjective typography Not part of the usual font character set especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.noun Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered.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 The name of the sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.transitive verb (Print.) To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type to mix and disarrange the type of.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.it cannot be expressed as a root of an algebraic equation with a finite number of terms and from this fact follows the impossibility of the quadrature of the circle by purely algebraic processes, or by the aid of a ruler and compass. it cannot be expressed as the quotient of two integers. The number pi is an irrational number, i.e. The value of the quotient pi, to twenty decimal places, is 3.14159265358979323846 (see note). noun (Math.) The letter π, Π, as used to denote the number or quotient approximately expressing the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter also, the quotient or the ratio itself.noun A Greek letter (Π, π) corresponding to the Roman letter p.noun (Print.) A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted.noun acronym The inorganic orthophoshate ion - a symbol used in biochemistry.or 3.1415927: first so used by Euler.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. noun The name of a symbol ( π) used in geometry for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.noun The name of the Greek letter Π, π, corresponding to the Roman P, p.To reduce (printing-types) to a state of pi.noun Printing-types mixed together indiscriminately type in a confused or jumbled condition or mass.intransitive verb To jumble or mix up (type).noun An amount of type that has been jumbled or thrown together at random.noun Mathematics A transcendental number, approximately 3.14159, represented by the symbol π, that expresses the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle and appears as a constant in many mathematical expressions.noun The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. ![]()
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