xi
IPA: ʃˈi
noun
- The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.
- (physics) Either of a pair of hyperons having spin 1/2, which decay into a lambda particle and a pion.
- (soccer) A football (soccer) team of eleven players.
- (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players.
- A river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl.
- A surname from Chinese
- Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (2012–present).
- A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
- Capital Greek letter Ξ (X)
- Alternative form of xi, Greek letter Ξ/ξ (X/x) [The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.]
- (physics) Alternative form of xi/Ξ Ellipsis of xi baryon.
Examples of "xi" in Sentences
- The daisy is the flower of Xi Omicron Iota.
- That g xi maps xi to v xi for all n grams in S.
- The first one I looked at was the encyclical by Pius XI.
- Henry XI was very indolent and sickly person since his childhood.
- Pius XI fought the two ascendant ideologies of communism and fascism.
- Many Chinese seem heartened, even inspired, by Xi's down to earth style.
- A fraction of the genes along the X chromosome escape inactivation on the Xi.
- The bronze epigram commemorated Pope Clement XI's restoration of the sanctuary.
- Mr. Xi is not the first Chinese leader to rail against official vice and venality.
- Two weeks since his last public appearance, presumptive Chinese leader Xi Jinping was pictured attending an event.