"xi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /zaɪ/, /saɪ/, /ksaɪ/, /ksiː/, /ʃiː/ [nonstandard] Audio: en-us-xi.ogg [US] Forms: xis [plural]
enPR: zī Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), ξῖ (xî). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ξεῖ}} Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), {{l|grc|ξῖ}} ξῖ (xî) Head templates: {{en-noun}} xi (plural xis)
  1. The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek. Categories (topical): Greek letter names Translations (Greek letter): ξεῖ (xeî) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), كْسِي (ksī) [masculine] (Arabic), ksi [feminine] (Catalan), 克西 (kèxī) (Chinese Mandarin), 克希 (kèxī) (Chinese Mandarin), 可塞 (kěsài) (Chinese Mandarin), ksi [neuter] (Danish), xi [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ksi [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ksio (Esperanto), ksii (Finnish), xi [masculine] (French), ksi [masculine] (French), Xi [neuter] (German), ξι (xi) [neuter] (Greek), kszi (Hungarian), xi (Interlingua), xí [feminine] (Irish), xi [feminine, masculine] (Italian), csi [feminine, masculine] (Italian), ksi [feminine, masculine] (Italian), グザイ (guzai) (Japanese), クサイ (kusai) (Japanese), クスィー (kusī) (Japanese), 크시 (keusi) (Korean), кси (ksi) [neuter] (Macedonian), xi (Malay), کسی (ksi) (Persian), ksi [neuter] (Polish), xi [masculine] (Portuguese), csi [masculine] (Portuguese), ksi [masculine] (Portuguese), кси (ksi) [neuter] (Russian), xi [feminine] (Spanish), ксі (ksi) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-xi-en-noun-Q35qXShc Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'Greek letter': 83 17
  2. (physics) Either of a pair of hyperons having spin 1/2, which decay into a lambda particle and a pion. Categories (topical): Subatomic particles
    Sense id: en-xi-en-noun-irpoBx0G Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: xi baryon

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      "roman": "ksi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кси"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "xi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ksi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "کسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "csi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ksi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кси"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ksi",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ксі"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xi"
}

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