Re

See also: Appendix:Variations of "re"

Translingual

Symbol

Re

  1. (chemistry) Rhenium.
  2. (mathematics) The real part of a complex number.
    Re(a + bi) = a
  3. (fluid mechanics) The Reynolds number.

Synonyms

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

English

Etymology 1
Meaning borrowed from Egyptian


(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

Symbol

Re (pl Rs)

  1. rupee

Proper noun

Re

  1. a municipality in Vestfold, Norway

Anagrams

Italian

Proper noun

Re ? m pl

  1. Kings, Book of Kings

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Re

  1. A municipality in Vestfold, Norway, which is to be merged with Tønsberg on 1 January 2020.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Re

  1. A municipality in Vestfold, Norway.
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