different between psi vs psc

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ?? (psî), the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (?, ?).

Pronunciation

Greek letter

• enPR: ps?, s?, IPA^(key): /psa?/, /sa?/
• Homophones: xi, sigh, scye, sai, Si (all for the latter pronunciation only)
• Rhymes: -a?

Psychic energy

• enPR: s?, IPA^(key): /sa?/
• Homophones: xi, sigh, scye, sai, Si
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

psi (countable and uncountable, plural psis)

1. (countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
2. (uncountable, parapsychology) A form of psychic energy.
   • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:

     ‘Come, lad,’ he said. ‘We will take tea together and speak of the noumenon, the psi and other more heterogenous phenomena.’

Translations

See also

• (Greek letter): Previous: chi, Next: omega

Etymology 2

Initialism

Alternative forms

• P.S.I.
• PSI

Symbol

psi

1. Pounds per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)

Anagrams

• IPS, IPs, ISP, Isp, PIs, SPI, iPS, isp, pis, sip

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?psi/

Noun

psi f (plural psis)

1. Psi; the Greek letter ? (lowercase ?).

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ps?]

Noun

psi

1. nominative/vocative plural of pes

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /psi/
• Homophones: psy, psys

Noun

psi m (plural psi)

1. psi (Greek letter)

Further reading

• “psi” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• pis, spi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?psi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

psi m or f (invariable)

1. psi (Greek letter)

Polish

Etymology 1

From pies +? -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i/

Adjective

psi (not comparable)

1. canine, dog-

Declension

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ?? (psî), the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (?, ?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /psi/

Noun

psi n (indeclinable)

1. psi; the Greek letter ?, ?

Further reading

• psi in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• psi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

psi m (plural psis)

1. (countable) psi (name of the Greek letter ?)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [psi]

Noun

psi m anim

1. nominative plural of pes

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si/, [?si]
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

psi f (plural psíes)

1. psi; the Greek letter ?, ?

English

Noun

psc (plural psc)

1. (astronomy, obsolete) Abbreviation of parsec.
2. (geometry) Abbreviation of parallax second.

Synonyms

• pc (the symbol for parsec)

Derived terms

• kpsc (kiloparsec)
• Mpsc (megaparsec)
• Gpsc (gigaparsec)

Anagrams

• CPS, CPs, CSP, PCS, PCs, SCP, SPC, cps, pcs, pcs.