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mathematics: an important constant representing the circumference of any circle divided by its diameter (about 3.14, but an irrational number; i.e., with infinite decimals providing a closer approximation)- Many schools celebrate Pi Day on March 14th.
pi = mathematics: an important constant representing the circumference of any circle divided by its diameter (about 3.14, but an irrational number; i.e., with infinite decimals providing a closer approximation)
- The area of a circle can be calculated as pi times the radius squared.
- In Sagan's novel, Contact, there was a message placed by the creator of the universe deep within the digits of pi; however, that part of the story was omitted form the film adaptation of the novel.
- They computed pi to nearly 5 trillion digits demonstrating no repeating sequence of decimal numbers.
- They wanted to teach us the meaning of x in relation to pi, as opposed to helping us better understand ourselves and each other.Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why
- "The pi-aner burnt up with him," Dillard said.Larry McMurtry -- Lonesome Dove
- Sensitive as he was, however, Hans Castorp proved less susceptible to pi than Paravant.Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
- Numbers begin to race across the gray background, filling the screen, like I just gave it a command to calculate the value of pi.Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave
- He ignored the zodiac signs and letters, lining up the correct numbers so they made the value of pi.Rick Riordan -- The Mark of Athena
- They walked to the river with their Maker, and then he told them that his name was Na'pi, Old Man.Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
- He crudely referred to the comfort girl as chosen-pi, a base anatomical slur which also denoted her Koreanness.Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life
- Burqa-clad women stood in groups and chatted, their belongings pi led at their feet.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- [11:49] Pi: What we can see of your planned cut looks good.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- Although I am still bound by USC Pi.John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
- Please feel free to round pi to 3.Lauren Oliver -- Delirium
- 'We're not even using pi,' one kid said.Jodi Picoult -- Nineteen Minutes
- D'you mean to tell me that this pi-anno was brought here by the route we came along yesterday?James Hilton -- Lost Horizon
- So she's going to return them and then we're going to Bur-dines and we're going to like pi—"John Green -- Paper Towns
- Then, I said I supposed he had a fine business, and Wemmick said, "Ca-pi-tal!"Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
- The long swish of it lifted on an invisible wave with syllables of boomerang antennae, funnels arcing back, a pi-shaped upthrusting at the stern.Frank Herbert -- Dune
pi = mathematics: an important constant representing the circumference of any circle divided by its diameter (about 3.14, but an irrational number; i.e., with infinite decimals providing a closer approximation)