Psi

Psi has multiple meanings:

Psi (letter) (Ψ, ψ) of the Greek alphabet
Psi (Cyrillic) (Ѱ, ѱ), letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, adopted from Greek
Psi (instant messenger), the popular Jabber client program
J/ψ particle, a subatomic particle
Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics, ψ
Ψ in mathematics is the angle between the tangent and the x-axis in the intrinsic coordinates system
Psi denotes the unknown factor in parapsychology, usually referring to psychic or psionic powers, but in the later part of the 20th century found along the following line of thought:

"The term psi denotes anomalous processes of information or energy transfer, processes such as telepathy or other forms of extrasensory perception that are currently unexplained in terms of known physical or biological mechanisms. The term is purely descriptive: It neither implies that such anomalous phenomena are paranormal nor connotes anything about their underlying mechanisms."

--Daryl J. Bem and Charles Honorton*

Psi, a character in the game and television series Pokémon
Psi (comics), a DC Comics character

A homophone of Psi is Sai, which is an Asian weapon shaped (probably coincidently) like the Greek letter Psi.

PSI stands for:

pound-force per square inch (psi), a non-SI unit of pressure
PSI (computational chemistry) software
Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano)
Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland
Permanent Staff Instructor in the British Army
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. Senate
Population Services International, an international healthcare NGO based in Washington D.C.
Professional Secretaries International
Professors for a Strong Israel
Program Specific Information, metadata for digital transmission
Proliferation Security Initiative
Public Services International, a global union federation of public sector trade unions
Socialist Party of the Islands (Partit Socialista de les Illes)
People with Speech Impairment
Pechersk School International, a school in Kiev
Protein Synthesis Inhibition

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