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m | pi |

As a letter m

is the thirteenth letter of the.

As a symbol m

is mega- or m can be the roman numeral m (1,000).

As a noun pi is

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m

Translingual

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Etymology 1

Modification of capital letter M, from (etyl) letter .

Letter

  • The thirteenth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * (other scripts) * Turned:

    Etymology 2

    Various abbreviations.

    Symbol

    (Bilabial nasal) (head)
  • meter (metre), the unit of length in the International System of Units
  • milli-
  • .
  • mass
  • month or months

    • Etymology 3

    From upper case roman numeral M (1000), an alteration of ?, from ?, an alteration of ?, an alteration of ?, from encircling X (the roman numeral for ten) to indicate the hundredth ten.

    Alternative forms

    * M,

    Numeral

  • cardinal number one thousand (1000)
    • Synonyms
    *

    See also

    {{Letter , page=M , NATO=Mike , Morse=–– , Character=M , Braille=? }} Image:Latin M.png, Capital and lowercase versions of M , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter M.png, Uppercase and lowercase M in Fraktur ----

    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 ----