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Definition: Psi |
PsiNoun1. A unit of pressure. 2. The 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | PSI Portable Scheme Interpreter. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Energy | Pounds of pressure per square inch. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
For technical accuracy, pressure must be expressed as psig (pounds-force per square inch gauge) or psia (pounds-force per square inch absolute; that is, gauge pressure plus sea level atmospheric pressure, or psig plus approximately 14.7 pounds per square inch). Also see torr which is a measurement of millimeters of Mercury, and pascals which is the SI unit.
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Psi (Ψ ψ) is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 700.
It has come to be a symbol for psychology-related topics, and has also been used as a shorthand for supposed psychic abilities or powers.
See also PSI (pounds per square inch).
See also:
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In StarCraft, Psi refers to the psychic powers of the Protoss race.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "PSI."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PSI | English | Protein Structure Initiative | N/A |
PSI | French | Programme sectoriel d'importation | N/A |
PSI | German | Persönliche sequentielle Inferenzmaschine | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: PsiSynonym: pounds per square inch (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Psi |
| Specialty definitions using "psi": air starter, Airdox ♦ blowing engin ♦ compressed-air blasting, compressed-air-driven lamps ♦ exclusion chromatography, explosive shattering, Extended Self-containing Prolog ♦ gel filtration chromatography, gel permeation chromatography, Girdler-Sulfide process, GS process ♦ hydraulic loading ♦ long-hole infusion, low-duty fire clay brick, low-pressure air stower, lugeon test ♦ medium pressure ♦ normal pressure ♦ pneumatic mortar, Portable Scheme Interpreter ♦ refrigeration plant, release insuring valve, rotary compressor ♦ shaft-sinking power supply ♦ TLAs, two-stage compression ♦ water infusion method, wooden tubbing. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Psi" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (psi), Spanish (Psi). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Psi a lidé (1970) Zeta Psi Archaeology (1998) | |
Song Titles | Psi Nought (performing artist: Jordin Kare) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A photomicrograph of a virulent T. pallidum bacterium, ruptured at 6,000 psi. Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs. Credit: CDC. |  | Zeta Psi fraternity house, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Psi Upsilon Fraternity, U[niversity] of Pa., Philadelphia, Pa. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chi Psi Fraternity House, Cornell University. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Amherst, Mass., Psi Upsilon Frat. House, Amherst Col. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Phi Kappa Psi House, Amherst College. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chi Psi House, Amherst College. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Switzerland | The Swiss laboratory instruments market, in addition to the chemical/pharmaceurtical industry, is also driven by major research institutes such as PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute etc.), universities (Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, EPFL, etc.) and some 50 federal and state government laboratories. (references) |
Georgia | The British firm ITS won the contract for the PSI program in 1998. The program has been controversial, but continues to be in force. (references) | |
Brazil | Besides being the largest ISP, UOL is also the largest Brazilian portal and has attracted many business partners with its e-commerce site "Shopping UOL." Other ISPs include ZAZ/ Terra (owned by Spain's Telefonica), iG, AOL, Starmedia, O Site, Matrix, PSI Net, etc. (references) | |
Political Economy | BANGLADESH | Introduction of the PSI system of customs valuation has help simplify customs procedures and make valuation less arbitrary. (references) |
Trade | Uzbekistan | Only tobacco and alcohol are currently subject to mandatory PSI, but importers may choose to subject other goods to PSI. (references) |
Senegal | IX. Presentation of a clean report of findings issued by the PSI firm is obligatory. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Psi" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 55.91% of the time. "Psi" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 55.91% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Noun (plural) | 24.73% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (singular) | 16.13% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.23% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 93 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Germany | PSI AG | India | PSI Data Systems Ltd. |
| USA | PSI Energy, Inc. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "psi": psi particle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "psi": psi-psi-psi. | |
Ending with "psi": psi-psi-psi. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
kappa alpha psi | 760 | bar conversion psi | 20 |
omega psi phi | 747 | phi psi | 19 |
psi | 624 | omega psi phi chapter | 19 |
omega psi phi fraternity | 100 | alpha chant kappa psi | 18 |
psi tronix | 75 | examination psi services | 18 |
kappa alpha psi fraternity | 66 | psi vampire | 17 |
kappa alpha psi fraternity inc | 50 | alpha chi eta kappa psi | 17 |
psi factor | 50 | kappa alpha psi chapter | 16 |
exam psi | 50 | performance psi | 16 |
psi seminar | 49 | omega phi psi | 15 |
kappa kappa psi | 48 | conversion psi | 15 |
omega psi phi fraternity inc | 46 | psi energy | 14 |
phi kappa psi | 42 | 1400 karcher pressure psi washer | 13 |
psi ball | 41 | examination psi | 13 |
cinergy psi | 39 | kappa psi | 12 |
chi psi | 31 | 1650 electric husky power psi washer | 11 |
app.com psi | 28 | zeta psi | 11 |
beta alpha psi | 25 | psi tech | 10 |
bar psi | 24 | psi test | 10 |
jabber psi | 20 | alpha psi lambda | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "psi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 污" 准指数. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | psi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 超能力 (ESP, psychic ability), サーボ機構 (cermet, cum, cycasin, cycle, cyclic, cycling, cycling course, cyclist, psychics, salmon, salmon pink, science, science fiction, scientific, scientist, scientology, Searle, semen, servomechanism, sialon, sirloin, sirloin steak, sperm, thermal printer, thermistor, thermoconcrete, thermoelement, thermometer, thermostat, thiabendazole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | サイ , ちょうのうりょく (ESP, psychic ability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ipsay пси. (various references) Psi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | RM:Institut Paul Scherrer. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "psi": psilocin, psilocins, psilocybin, psilocybins, psilophyte, psilophytes, psilophytic, psiloses, psilosis, psilotic, psis, psittacine, psittacines, psittacoses, psittacosis, psittacotic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "psi": amylopsin, amylopsins, anoopsia, anoopsias, anopsia, anopsias, antisepsis, apoapsides, apoapsis, apsidal, apsides, apsis, asepsis, assumpsit, assumpsits, asynapsis, autopsic, autopsied, autopsies, bacteriorhodopsin, bacteriorhodopsins, biopsic, biopsied, biopsies, campsite, campsites, capsicin, capsicins, capsicum, capsicums, capsid, capsidal, capsids, capsize, capsized, capsizes, capsizing, caryopsides, caryopsis, catalepsies, cathepsin, cathepsins, ceratopsian, ceratopsians, chymotrypsin, chymotrypsinogen, chymotrypsinogens, chymotrypsins, collapsibilities, collapsibility, collapsible. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "psi" (pronounced sī") |
| 2 | s ī" | bonsai, sigh. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pis, sip. | |
| Words within the letters "i-p-s" | |
-1 letter: is, pi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-p-s" | |
+1 letter: dips, gips, hips, imps, kips, lips, lisp, nips, phis, pias, pics, pies, pigs, pins, pips, pish, piso, piss, pits, pois, psis, rips, ship, simp, sipe, sips, skip, slip, snip, spic, spik, spin, spit, spiv, tips, wisp, yips, zips. | |
+2 letters: aphis, apish, apsis, aspic, aspis, blips, chips, clips, crisp, dipso, drips, epics, flips, gimps, gipsy, grips, impis, kepis, lapis, limps, lisps, nipas, opsin, padis, paiks, pails, pains, pairs, paisa, paise, paris, pavis, peins, peise, penis, peris, pians, picas, picks, piers, pikas, pikes, pikis, piles, pilis, pills, pilus, pimas, pimps, pinas, pines, pings, pinks, pints, pions, pious, pipes, pirns, pisco, pisos, piste, pitas, piths, pixes, plies, poise, polis, posit, pries, prigs, prims, prise, prism, priss, psoai, pubis, pulis, puris, pyins, pyxis, quips, ripes, sapid, scrip, sepia, sepic, ships, simps, siped, sipes, sirup, situp, skimp, skips, slipe, slips, slipt, snipe, snips, spahi, spail, spait, speil, speir, spica, spice, spick, spics, spicy, spied, spiel, spier, spies, spiff, spike, spiks, spiky, spile, spill, spilt, spine, spins, spiny, spire, spirt, spiry, spite, spits, spitz, spivs, split, spoil, sprig, sprit, stipe, stirp, strip, swipe, tapis, tipis, tipsy, topis, trips, whips, wimps, wipes, wisps, wispy, yipes. | |
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