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Bi vs Pi - What's the difference?

bi | pi |

As adjectives the difference between bi and pi

is that bi is bisexual while pi is not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.

As nouns the difference between bi and pi

is that bi is a type of jade disk produced in ancient China while pi is the name of the sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.

As a verb pi is

to spill or mix printing type. Also, "to pie".

As an abbreviation pi is

pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch.

As an initialism PI is

initialism of partial induction|lang=en see AI.

bi

English

Etymology 1

From (m).

Adjective

(-)
  • (colloquial) Bisexual.
  • I'm hetero, but my oldest sister is bi .

    See also

    * bi-

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (bi)
  • A type of jade disk produced in ancient China.
  • pi

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
  • (mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.1415926535897932384626433832795; usually written .
  • (metal typesetting) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered. Also called pie.
  • Synonyms

    * (irrational constant) Archimedes' constant, Ludolph's constant, Ludolph's number

    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.
  • In computing, pi characters are entered with special combinations of keys like ctrl-alt-x, or via character sequences such as &
  • 123;.
  • Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (typography) pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch)
  • piaster
  • pious
  • Anagrams

    * English two-letter words ----