Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Parapsychological phenomena or abilities considered as a group.
- abbreviation pounds per square inch
- noun The 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Greek letter,
Ψ ,ψ . It belongs to the Ionic alphabet, and stands for ps or phs. The character may be a modification ofΦ ,φ .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable The twenty-third letter of
Classical andModern Greek and the twenty-fourth letter ofOld andAncient Greek . - noun uncountable, parapsychology A form of
psychic energy. - initialism
Pounds persquare inch (animperial unit ofpressure )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
- noun a unit of pressure
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In spinor form the wave-field is psi = (psi_A, psi_ {A’}).
Dark Matter: Still Dark. Julianne 2008
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The term psi was coined as a neutral term for psychic phenomena in 1942 by British psychologist Robert Thouless.
ENTANGLED MINDS DEAN RADIN 2006
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The term psi was coined as a neutral term for psychic phenomena in 1942 by British psychologist Robert Thouless.
ENTANGLED MINDS DEAN RADIN 2006
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The term psi was coined as a neutral term for psychic phenomena in 1942 by British psychologist Robert Thouless.
ENTANGLED MINDS DEAN RADIN 2006
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Virtually all meditative traditions take for granted that what we call psi is simply the initial stages of awareness of deeper levels of reality.
ENTANGLED MINDS DEAN RADIN 2006
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Virtually all meditative traditions take for granted that what we call psi is simply the initial stages of awareness of deeper levels of reality.
ENTANGLED MINDS DEAN RADIN 2006
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Virtually all meditative traditions take for granted that what we call psi is simply the initial stages of awareness of deeper levels of reality.
ENTANGLED MINDS DEAN RADIN 2006
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Entangled Minds and Conscious Universe, Radin gives lectures and presentations around the world on his studies in what he calls psi (psychic) phenomena.
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They need to be though: even the most ardent believers in "psi" (the Greek letter is used as a blanket term to cover psychic phenomena) accept that evidence in favour of it is made up of small anomalies that are often difficult to identify with any certainty.
Boing Boing: August 28, 2005 - September 3, 2005 Archives 2005
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With such a little tank (20oz.), 3000 – 4000 psi is required to inflate so many tires, namely 40 road tires from empty to 120 psi with a single tank.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Blowing up tires, taking them off, and more 2010
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