Khi (Noun)
Meaning
The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The particle accelerator experiment relied on the use of khi in its system of ion designations.
- A Greek text was written on the stone slab using khi as the 22nd letter of the alphabet.
- In typography khi represents sound /ks/ in a Greek-derived font system.
- Khi may denote the letter which replaced other letters in certain forms like archaic psi and xi.
- The khi used in the inscriptions indicated a position within a rather ancient dialect.