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pi | e |

As nouns the difference between pi and e

is that pi is the name of the sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek while E is the illicit drug ecstasy (MDMA).

As a verb pi

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

As an adjective pi

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

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.

As a letter E is

: On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.

As a symbol E is

everyone.

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

    • Related terms

    * cicero * pica stick

    Anagrams

    * English two-letter words ----

    e

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=d, next=f, image= (wikipedia e)

    Letter

  • The fifth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * (select similar letters and symbols) * (other scripts) * See

    Symbol

    (Close-mid front unrounded vowel) (head)
  • (label) The base of natural logarithms, a transcendental number with a value of approximately 2.718281828459
  • Symbol separating mantissa from the exponent in scientific notation.
    • 1.2566e-6 = 1.2566 × 10-6
  • close-mid front unrounded vowel
  • (l)
    • a'' ? ''e''''' = '''''e'' ? ''a'' = ''a
  • (label) electron

    • Synonyms

    * (electron) * (identity element) , (chiefly matrices) (l)

    See also

    {{Letter , page=E , NATO=Echo , Morse=· , Character=E5 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin E.png, Capital and lowercase versions of E , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter E.png, Uppercase and lowercase E in Fraktur Image:Uncial e.png, Approximate form of upper case letter E in uncial script that was the source for lower case e ----