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The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet. Also: The symbol p denoting the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. (plural)

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  • It would have been impossible to preserve them in the soft paste, the kind of pisé, we have described.
  • Piscataqua (pis-kit'a-kwa), a river in New Hampshire.
  • "A forlorn pis-aller," she says, steadily, with a forced smile.
  • Ca j'peux pas savoir pis d'un autre coté ca m'interesse pas ...
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