Re

See also: Appendix:Variations of "re"

Translingual

Symbol

Re

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for rhenium.
  2. (mathematics) Symbol for the real part of a complex number.
    Re(a + bi) = a
  3. (fluid mechanics) Symbol for the Reynolds number

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

  • (real part of a complex number): Im and ℑ

English

Etymology 1

Meaning borrowed from Egyptian
r
a		 N5
Z1		 C2
 (rꜥ, “sun, Ra”), with the form of the word borrowed from Coptic ⲣⲏ (rē, “sun”).

Proper noun

Re

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Ra

Etymology 2

Symbol

Re (pl Rs)

  1. rupee

Anagrams

Italian

Proper noun

Re ? m pl

  1. Kings, Book of Kings

Norwegian

Proper noun

Re

  1. A municipality in Vestfold, Norway.
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