Pi

n.	1.	(Print.) A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted.
	1.	A Greek letter (P.
	2.	(Math.) The letter pi, to twenty decimal places, is 3.14159265358979323846 (see note). The number pi is an irrational number, i.e. it cannot be expressed as the quotient of two integers. It is also a transcendental number, i.e. it cannot be expressed as a root of an algebraic equation with a finite number of terms; and from this fact follows the impossibility of the quadrature of the circle by purely algebraic processes, or by the aid of a ruler and compass.
v. t.	1.	(Print.) To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type; to mix and disarrange the type of; as, to pi a form. [imp. & p. p. Pied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pieing .]

Noun	1.	pi - the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle Synonyms: 3.14159265358979323846...
	2.	PI - someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information Synonyms: private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock, operative
	3.	PI - the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project Synonyms: principal investigator
	4.	pi - the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
	5.	PI - an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs Synonyms: protease inhibitor

PI - An interface between Prolog application programs and the X Window System that aims to be independent from the Prolog engine, provided that it has a Quintus foreign function interface (e.g. SICStus and YAP). It is mostly written in Prolog and is divided in two libraries: Edipo - the lower level interface to the Xlib functions; and Ytoolkit - the higher level user interface toolkit. ftp://ftp.ncc.up.pt/pub/prolog/ytoolkit.tar.Z. E-mail: Ze' Paulo Leal .

Placement and Interconnect [system] (VLSI, MIT)ascender, back, ball up, bastard type, beard, belly, bevel, black letter, body, bollix up, cap, capital, case, compose, confound, confuse, counter, descender, em, en, face, fat-faced type, feet, font, foul up, fumble, garble, groove, impose, italic, jumble, justify, letter, ligature, logotype, lower case, majuscule, make up, minuscule, mix up, muck up, muddle, nick, overrun, pi a form, pica, play hob with, point, print, riffle, roman, sans serif, scramble, screw up, script, set, set in print, shank, shoulder, shuffle, small cap, small capital, snafu, snarl up, stamp, stem, tumble, type, type body, type class, type lice, typecase, typeface, typefounders, typefoundry, upper case

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