Psi (letter)

Psi (letter)
pronunciation
antique	[ ps ] ​​
modern	[ ps ] ​​
Equivalents
Latin	-
Cyrillic	-
Hebrew	-
Arabic	-
Phoenician	-
transcription
From the ancient world	ps
From the modern	ps
Coding Capitals Unicode number U + 03A8 Unicode name GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI HTML HTML entity Minuscule Unicode number U + 03C8 Unicode name GREEK SMALL LETTER PSI HTML HTML entity

The Psi ( Greek neuter Ψι , Majuskel Ψ, minuscule ψ) is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet and has after the Milesian principle the numerical value of the 700th

use

mathematics

In mathematics , Ψ denotes

• a special switching function , see psi operator

and ψ

• the Dedekind psi function
• the digamma function (also Gaussian psi function )
• the second Chebyshev function
• the Generalized Logarithm

Physics and chemistry

• In physics and electrical engineering , Ψ is the symbol of the electrical flow or the flow linkage / linkage flow
• In quantum mechanics , ψ denotes a wave function
• In chemistry and physics , ψ is the symbol for the volume ratio as a content quantity
• In particle physics ψ is the name of a group of mesons whose lowest state is called J / heißt

technology

• In building physics , ψ stands for the length-related heat transfer / thermal bridge loss coefficient; Unit W / (m K)
• In hydrology , Ψ is the symbol for the runoff coefficient
• In structural engineering , ψ denotes the combination coefficients
• In tribology , ψ is the symbol for the relative bearing clearance

biology

• In bioinformatics , ψ denotes the torsion angle between N - Cα - C '- N in the protein backbone , see also Ramachandran plot
• In genetics , Ψ stands for a pseudogene
• In the molecular biology Ψ symbolizing in tRNA occurring Base Pseudouridine used
• In plant physiology , Ψ or ψ denote the water potential

Others

• Ψ is a symbol for psychology and parapsychology
• In theological contexts , ψ is a symbol for psalm

Character encoding

	Uppercase Ψ	Minuscule ψ
Unicode codepoint	U + 03A8	U + 03C8
Unicode name	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI	GREEK SMALL LETTER PSI
HTML	& # 936;	& # 968;
HTML entity	?	?

Web links

Wiktionary: Psi  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations