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Then comes what I call the pičce de résistance_, but which my uncle called 'killing two birds with one stone.'

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  1. noun The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet. See Table at alphabet.
  2. noun Mathematics A transcendental number, approximately 3.14159, represented by the symbol π, that expresses the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle and appears as a constant in many mathematical expressions.
  3. noun An amount of type that has been jumbled or thrown together at random.
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  • Seriously, I know we are all a bit pi**ed off to varying degrees, but what purpose does saying that serve? —  WordPress.com News
  • Or, endlessly visit blog sites and youtube and pi** my day away. —  Idaho Falls Today! Local Information.
  • How much he pi**es off the GOP for not going along. —  Hot Air » Top Picks
  • It's actually a bunch of constants (speed of light, planck's constant, pi, and a bunch of other terms which I don't have memorized) which is all conveniently grouped together into "sigma." —  RealClimate
  • Apple really need to look at those pi**-take Windows ads because Apple have certainly not lived up to their quality reputation in the past 12 months. —  Discussions: Message List - root
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  1. Late Greek pī, from Greek pei, of Phoenician origin; see p in Semitic roots.
  2. Origin unknown.

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  1. The name of the Greek letter π, πῑ, the initial letter of περιφέρεια, periphery, circumference.
 

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