psi en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English psi, from Latin psī, from Ancient Greek ψεῖ (pseî), the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
Meanings
- (countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
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(uncountable) A form of psychic energy.
When an event is classified as a psi phenomenon, it is claimed that all known channels for the apparent interaction have been eliminated.
1996, Michael F. Stoeber, Hugo Anthony Meynell, Critical Reflections on the Paranormal (page 60)It traces the growth of homo gestalt with the uniting of six lovely outcasts of society who have psi powers and come together as a hive mind, thus creating a gestalt super-being.
2005, Michael Ashley, Transformations: The History of the Science Fiction Magazine 1950 to 1970, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, page 133:‘Come, lad,’ he said. ‘We will take tea together and speak of the noumenon, the psi and other more heterogenous phenomena.’
1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| psis | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
psi function · psivamp · psi particle
Translations (28)
grc ψεῖ (Greek letter) · ar پْسِي (Greek letter) · ja プスィ (Greek letter) · ms psi (Greek letter) · fr psi (Greek letter) · cmn 普西 (Greek letter) · ja プシー (Greek letter) · es psi (Greek letter) · de Psi (Greek letter) · fa سای (Greek letter) · ru пси (Greek letter) · hu pszi (Greek letter) · it psi (Greek letter) · fi psii (Greek letter) · ar بْسِي (Greek letter) · nl psi (Greek letter) · ca psi (Greek letter) · he פְּסִי (Greek letter) · ia psi (Greek letter) · eo psio (Greek letter) · ko 프시 (Greek letter) · el ψι (Greek letter) · pl psi (Greek letter) · ast psi (Greek letter) · ja プサイ (Greek letter) · ga sí (Greek letter) · pt psi (Greek letter) · cs psí (Greek letter)