pi was born a Hindu, but as a young teenager, is drawn to both Christianity and Islam, and begins to follow all three religions.
pi is officially defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
In pi, a numbers theorist named Max Cohen decides to put a power drill through his own brain.
In the novel, pi appears annoyed with the two men and almost seems to tell them the story just so they will leave him alone.
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There's a pin't of law to be settled in that case 'tween Whippum against Snappett.
pi Hsi holds Chung-mou in rebellion; how could ye go to him, Sir?
She calls them piazzas, with the accent strong upon the "pi."
If you'll but drop the e in pi Better on stomach pi will li.
Old men now and then wear a blanket, pi′-tay, but the younger men never do.
Greek letter, from Hebrew, literally "little mouth." As the name of the mathematical constant, from 1841 in English, used in Latin 1748 by Swiss mathematician Leonhart Euler (1707-1783), as an abbreviation of Greek periphereia "periphery." For the meaning "printer's term for mixed type," see pie (3).
pi (pī)
n. pl. pis
Symbol π The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet.
pI (pē'ī')
n.
The pH value for the isoelectric point of a given substance in solution.
The irrational number obtained by dividing the length of the diameter of a circle into its circumference. Pi is approximately 3.1416. The sign for pi is π.
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