Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryΦ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph". · The golden ratio. · A visual illusion whereby a sequential pattern of lights produces a false sense of motion.
From Late Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).
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- Derivation mentionφεῖgrc
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