Re

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "re"

Translingual

Symbol

Re

  1. (chemistry) Rhenium.
  2. (mathematics) The real part of a complex number.
    Re(a + bi) = a
    Synonym: ℜ
    Coordinate terms: Im, ℑ
  3. (fluid mechanics) The Reynolds number.

English

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Etymology 1

Meaning borrowed from Egyptian
r
a		 ra
 (rꜥ, “sun, Ra”), with the form of the word borrowed from Coptic ⲣⲏ (rē, “sun”).

Proper noun

Re

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Ra

Etymology 2

Symbol

Re (pl Rs)

  1. rupee

Etymology 3

Clipping of reinsurance.

Proper noun

Re

  1. (in company names) Reinsurance.
    Swiss Re

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Re

  1. A municipality of Vestfold, Norway

Anagrams

Italian

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Wikipedia it

Proper noun

Re m pl (plural only)

  1. Kings, Book of Kings

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

Re

  1. A municipality of Vestfold, Norway, which is to be merged with Tønsberg on 1 January 2020.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

Re

  1. A municipality of Vestfold, Norway.
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