Π
See also: ϖ, П [U+041F CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER PE], ∏ [U+220F N-ARY PRODUCT], ㄇ [U+3107 BOPOMOFO LETTER M], ㅠ, 冂, and Appendix:Variations of "p"
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Character variations
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Translingual
Symbol
Π
- (mathematics) Product over a set of like terms:
- (mathematics, logic, computer science) A class (in some hierarchy of formulae, like the arithmetical hierarchy or polynomial hierarchy) of those formulae whose outermost quantifiers are universal quantifiers.
Usage notes
- (mathematics): Though there exists a distinct code point (∏) for the purpose of the mathematical product, the upper case pi here continues to be used for convenience.
See also
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤐 (p, “pē”).
Letter
Π • (P) (uppercase, lowercase π)
- The letter pi (πεῖ), the 16th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.
Derived terms
See also
- (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
- (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
- (punctuation) · ;
- (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
Symbol
𐅃 • (V)
- A digit 5 in the decimal acrophonic numeral system that predated the gematria system. An abbreviation of πέντε (pénte, “five”). Equivalent to the Roman digit V.
Usage notes
Unlike the other basic acrophonic units – Ι 1, Δ 10, Η 100, Χ 1000 and Μ 10,000 – 𐅃 5 has been assigned a separate Unicode character.
Derived terms
Greek
Letter
Π • (P) (uppercase, lowercase π)
- The uppercase letter pi (πι), the 16th letter of the modern Greek alphabet.