"phi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /faɪ/, /fiː/ Audio: En-us-phi.ogg , En-us-phi long e.ogg Forms: phis [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪ, -iː Etymology: From Late Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî). Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|phi}} Late Latin phi, {{der|en|grc|φεῖ}} Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî), {{nowrap|3rd ed.}} 3rd ed. Head templates: {{en-noun}} phi (plural phis)
  1. Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph". Categories (topical): Greek letter names Translations (Greek letter): φεῖ (pheî) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), فَاي (fay) [masculine] (Arabic), fi [feminine] (Catalan), 弗愛 (Chinese Mandarin), 弗爱 (Chinese Mandarin), 佛爱 (fú'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), (fěi) (Chinese Mandarin), [neuter] (Czech), phi [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), fio (Esperanto), fii (Finnish), phi [masculine] (French), Phi [neuter] (German), φι (fi) [neuter] (Greek), פִי (fi) [feminine] (Hebrew), fi (Hungarian), phi (Interlingua), [feminine] (Irish), ファイ (fai) (Japanese), フィ (fi) (Japanese), ピー () (Japanese), (pi) (Korean), фи (fi) [neuter] (Macedonian), fi (Malay), فی (fi) (Persian), fi [neuter] (Polish), phi [neuter] (Polish), fi [masculine] (Portuguese), fi (Romanian), фи (fi) [neuter] (Russian), [neuter] (Slovak), fi [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-phi-en-noun-3eav3DlH Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 82 8 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 15 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 10 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 12 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 8 1 6 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 2 6 3 2 1 2 1 13 1 10 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 80 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 79 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 78 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 70 12 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 70 12 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 78 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 73 9 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 80 9 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 80 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 68 12 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 77 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 78 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 74 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 78 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 80 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 78 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 78 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 75 8 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 78 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 74 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 78 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 75 9 16 Disambiguation of 'Greek letter': 79 9 12
  2. (mathematics) The golden ratio. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-phi-en-noun-3Z3oYsjb Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. A visual illusion whereby a sequential pattern of lights produces a false sense of motion.
    Sense id: en-phi-en-noun-PGyQfkXy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: phi-feature, phi phenomenon Related terms: Previous: upsilon [Greek, letter], Next: chi

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "phi-feature"
    },
    {
      "word": "phi phenomenon"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "form": "phis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "word": "Previous: upsilon"
    },
    {
      "word": "Next: chi"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as \"ph\"."
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          "Φ"
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          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
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      ],
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1963, Psychology Through Experiment (George Humphrey, Jaroslav Antonio Deutsch), page 90",
          "text": "[…] tolerance (Frenkel-Brunswik 1949) for it showed that those persons with the strongest defences against internal conflict, i.e. obsessionals and conversion hysterics, were those least able to perceive the reality-conflicting phenomenon of phi."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Wayne Weiten, Psychology: Themes and Variations: Themes And Variations, page 138:",
          "text": "The illusion of movement in a highway construction sign is an instance of the phi phenomenon, which is also at work in motion pictures and television.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Francis Glebas, The Animator's Eye: Composition and Design, page 66:",
          "text": "Is it the phi phenomenon or the persistence of vision? Originally, the illusion of motion that movies excel at was thought to be the effect of the persistence of vision.",
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        }
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "Greek letter",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "sense": "Greek letter",
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        "feminine"
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "弗愛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "弗爱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "佛爱"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "fěi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "斐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
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      "word": "fí"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "phi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "fio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "fii"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "phi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Phi"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pheî",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φεῖ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "fi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "phi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fai",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "ファイ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "フィ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pī",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "ピー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "피"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "fi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "фи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "fi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "فی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "phi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "fi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "фи"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fi"
    }
  ],
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    "phi"
  ],
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}

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