"PI" meaning in English

See PI in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: P.I. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PI
  1. Abbreviation of Piauí: a state of Brazil. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Piauí (extra: a state of Brazil) Categories (place): Places in Brazil, States of Brazil
    Sense id: en-PI-en-name-yK-mhn-x Categories (other): Abbreviations of states of Brazil, Piauí, Brazil
  2. Initialism of Prison Industries, the prison-run work program for inmates. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Prison Industries (extra: the prison-run work program for inmates)
    Sense id: en-PI-en-name-aD2NfgxL
  3. (US, Philippines, historical, dated) Initialism of Philippine Islands. Tags: Philippines, US, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Philippine Islands Synonyms: PH, PHL, PHI
    Sense id: en-PI-en-name-yrdZmYTl Categories (other): American English, English links with redundant wikilinks, Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 4 17 2 0 8 3 7 8 9 6 1 4 8 2 2 1 0 1 8 1 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 4 21 2 0 8 1 7 8 8 5 1 3 8 3 1 1 0 1 8 2 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 5 18 1 0 9 0 7 8 9 6 0 3 9 2 1 0 0 1 9 2 7

Noun

Forms: PIs [plural], P.I. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PI (countable and uncountable, plural PIs)
  1. (informatics, SGML, XML) Initialism of processing instruction. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: processing instruction
  2. Initialism of partial induction (see AI). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: partial induction (extra: see AI)
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-HK73IGnK
  3. Initialism of personal injury. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: personal injury
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-oh1KFh2E
  4. Initialism of politically incorrect (see PC). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: politically incorrect (extra: see PC)
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-lISQ5C2P
  5. Initialism of principal investigator (“lead researcher on a grant-funded project”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: principal investigator (extra: lead researcher on a grant-funded project)
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-jmpK50uo
  6. Initialism of private investigator. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: private investigator
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-1-EAJvW7
  7. Initialism of parallel import. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: parallel import
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-eqXSpRq7
  8. (biochemistry) Abbreviation of phosphatidylinositol, a phospholipid component of eukaryotic cell membranes, also abbreviated in PtdIns. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: phosphatidylinositol (extra: a phospholipid component of eukaryotic cell membranes, also abbreviated in PtdIns)
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-imAuZno5 Categories (other): Biochemistry Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  9. (pharmacology) Initialism of protease inhibitor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: protease inhibitor
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-MxypQEHG Categories (other): Pharmaceutical drugs Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  10. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyimide. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: polyimide
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-3dJl1QU6 Categories (other): Organic compounds Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  11. (medicine) Initialism of ponderal index. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: ponderal index
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-KImJP-se Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  12. (surgery) Initialism of penile inversion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: penile inversion
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-hZ7RESV9 Categories (other): Surgery Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
  13. (electronics) Initialism of power integrity. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: power integrity
  14. Abbreviation of prohibited immigrant. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: prohibited immigrant
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-yBv-MCDo
  15. (fan fiction category) Initialism of pseudoincest. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: pseudoincest
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-IgSJK8GN
  16. (automotive) Initialism of port injection (“fuel injection”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: port injection (extra: fuel injection) Coordinate_terms: DI, EFI, FI, TBI, MPI
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-joo8TA4- Categories (other): Automotive Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
  17. (psychology) Initialism of paradoxical intention. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: paradoxical intention
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-zR7CfJ9y Categories (other): Psychology Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  18. (business) Initialism of pro forma invoice. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: pro forma invoice
    Sense id: en-PI-en-noun-~03-y~N7 Categories (other): Business Topics: business
  19. (Philippines, politics) Initialism of People's Initiative. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: People's Initiative
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: CPFI, CPI, DI, MPI, PFI, SCPI, TBI

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-07-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-01 using wiktextract (84cf5d0 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.