"psi" meaning in English

See psi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /psaɪ/, /saɪ/ Audio: en-us-psi.ogg , en-us-psi-mental.ogg Forms: psis [plural]
enPR: psī, sī Rhymes: -aɪ, -aɪ Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψεῖ (pseî), the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (Ψ, ψ). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ψεῖ}} Ancient Greek ψεῖ (pseî) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} psi (countable and uncountable, plural psis)
  1. (countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Greek letter names Translations (Greek letter): ψεῖ (pseî) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), پْسِي (psī) [masculine] (Arabic), بْسِي (bsī) [masculine] (Arabic), psi [feminine] (Catalan), 普西 (pǔxī) (Chinese Mandarin), psí [neuter] (Czech), psi [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), psio (Esperanto), psii (Finnish), psi [masculine] (French), Psi [neuter] (German), ψι (psi) [neuter] (Greek), פְּסִי (psi) [feminine] (Hebrew), pszi (Hungarian), psi (Interlingua), [feminine] (Irish), psi (Italian), プシー (pushī) (Japanese), プスィ (pusi) (Japanese), プサイ (pusai) (Japanese), 프시 (peusi) (Korean), psi (Malay), سای (Persian), psi [neuter] (Polish), psi [masculine] (Portuguese), пси (psi) [neuter] (Russian), psi [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-psi-en-noun-ARHEOwgW Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 73 9 18 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, 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 Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'Greek letter': 93 7
  2. (uncountable, parapsychology, science fiction) A form of psychic energy. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Parapsychology, Science fiction, Fictional abilities
    Sense id: en-psi-en-noun-n-wtnOx6 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 24 51 25 Categories (other): Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 43 57 Topics: literature, media, parapsychology, pseudoscience, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: psi function, psi particle Related terms: Previous: chi [Greek, letter], Next: omega
Etymology number: 1

Symbol

Etymology: Initialism of pounds per square inch. Etymology templates: {{initialism|en|pounds per square inch}} Initialism of pounds per square inch Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} psi
  1. Pounds per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure) Synonyms: P.S.I., PSI
    Sense id: en-psi-en-symbol-fnz6R8uS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 13 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 18 9 50 1 7 6 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 11 61 1 5 4 3 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Interlingua translations",
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    "en:Fictional abilities",
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      "word": "psi function"
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      "word": "psi particle"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Greek",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Previous: chi"
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      "word": "Next: omega"
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        "The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek."
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          "Classical",
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        "(countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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        "en:Science fiction"
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        {
          "ref": "1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:",
          "text": "‘Come, lad,’ he said. ‘We will take tea together and speak of the noumenon, the psi and other more heterogenous phenomena.’",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Michael F. Stoeber, Hugo Anthony Meynell, Critical Reflections on the Paranormal (page 60)",
          "text": "When an event is classified as a psi phenomenon, it is claimed that all known channels for the apparent interaction have been eliminated."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Michael Ashley, Transformations: The History of the Science Fiction Magazine 1950 to 1970, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, page 133:",
          "text": "It traces the growth of homo gestalt with the uniting of six lovely outcasts of society who have psi powers and come together as a hive mind, thus creating a gestalt super-being.",
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        "A form of psychic energy."
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        "(uncountable, parapsychology, science fiction) A form of psychic energy."
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    {
      "enpr": "psī"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sī"
    },
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      "ipa": "/psaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saɪ/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-us-psi.ogg"
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      "homophone": "xi"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sigh"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "scye"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sai"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Si stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
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      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
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      "homophone": "sigh"
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      "homophone": "scye"
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    {
      "homophone": "sai"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Si"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "psī",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پْسِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bsī",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "بْسِي"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "psi"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pǔxī",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "普西"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "psí"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "word": "psi"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "psio"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "psii"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "psi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Psi"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ψι"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pseî",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ψεῖ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "psi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פְּסִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "pszi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "psi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "psi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pushī",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "プシー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pusi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "プスィ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pusai",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "プサイ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "peusi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "프시"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "psi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "سای"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
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      ],
      "word": "psi"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
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      "word": "psi"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "psi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
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      "word": "пси"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
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        "feminine"
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}

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        "2": "pounds per square inch"
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        "Pounds per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)"
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      "word": "P.S.I."
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      "word": "PSI"
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}

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