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π U+03C0, π
GREEK SMALL LETTER PI
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Greek and Coptic ρ

Translingual

This mosaic is outside the mathematics building at the Technische Universität Berlin.
When a circle's diameter is 1 unit, its circumference is π units.
When a circle's radius is 1 unit, its circumference is 2π units.

Symbol

π

  1. (mathematics) Pi, an irrational constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265.
  2. (particle physics) pion, pi meson
  3. (mathematics) homotopy group
  4. (mathematics) prime-counting function
  5. (UPA) A voiced labial click consonant (IPA ).
  6. (phonetics, rare) A voiceless labiodental plosive ().

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Π.

Letter

π (p) (lowercase, uppercase Π)

  1. Lower-case pi (πεῖ), the 16th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiceless unaspirated bilabial plosive /p/. It is preceded by ο and followed by ρ.

Derived terms

See also pi

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Greek

Letter

π (p) (lowercase, uppercase Π)

  1. The lower case letter pi (πι), the 16th letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

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