Pi meaning in English

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Definition

pi: π, a number (c. 3.14159265) used to calculate the size of circles noun

Examples

  • "Horatio : What is the square root of the difference of Pi minus seven?"
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks below using the appropriate words from the broadcast.

I am a famous dish baked and filled with either fruit, vegetables or meat. I am a .

I am a band of color often found on clothing. Mimes like Marcel Marceau wear shirts with me in black and white. On the American flag, I am red and white. I am a .

This verb describes the act of being "parented" or instructed (often by one's mother and father). "Many people think that Horatio was by wolves."

Fill in the blanks below using the appropriate words from the broadcast.

I am a famous dish baked and filled with either fruit, vegetables or meat. I am a pie 1.

I am a band of color often found on clothing. Mimes like Marcel Marceau wear shirts with me in black and white. On the American flag, I am red and white. I am a stripe 2.

This verb describes the act of being "parented" or instructed (often by one's mother and father). "Many people think that Horatio was raised 3 by wolves."
1 pie: A pie is a famous dish baked and filled with either fruit, vegetables or meat. It is usually surrounded by pastry crust, but some pies like shepherd's pie or fisherman's pie are covered in mashed potatoes. Other well known pies include steak and kidney pie, apple pie and lemon meringue pie. In this broadcast, Rachid exclaims that he is "as American as apple pie", an American expression which indicates that someone or something is 100% pure American, or a tradition as American as apple pie (which is traditionally American, although it wasn't invented by them!).
2 stripe: "Stripes" are bands of different colors which can be found on clothes, fabrics, paper and all kinds of surfaces as decoration. The American has 13 stripes in red and white to represent the 13 original colonies of the nation.
3 raised: Children are generally "raised" by their parents, meaning that they were educated and taught by them, or simply that they were "parented by them". A person can also be "raised" in France, meaning that France is the country where they "grew up" or spent the formative years of their life. When used to express these two meanings, the verb "raise" is used in the passive voice: I was raised by my uncle OR They were raised in New Mexico. In this broadcast, Rachid tells Brent and Moira that he was "born and raised" in Cleveland, Ohio (USA).

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