• Psi

    Pronunciation

    Greek letter
    • enPR: psÄ«, IPA: /psaɪ/, /saɪ/
    • all for the latter pronunciation only
    • Rhymes: -aɪ
    Psychic abilities
    • enPR: sÄ«, IPA: /saɪ/
    • Rhymes: -aɪ

    Origin 1

    From Ancient Greek ψῖ, the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (Ψ, ψ).

    Full definition of psi

    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.
    2. (uncountable, parapsychology) A form of psychic energy.
      • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:‘Come, lad,’ he said. ‘We will take tea together and speak of the noumenon, the psi and other more heterogenous phenomena.’

    Origin 2

    Initialism

    Alternative forms

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    psi
    1. Pounds per square inch an imperial unit of pressure

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