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
    Synonym: ℜ
    Coordinate terms: Im, ℑ
  3. (fluid mechanics) The Reynolds number.

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

Etymology 3

Clipping of reinsurance.

Proper noun

Re

  1. (in company names) Reinsurance.
    Swiss Re

Proper noun

Re

  1. A municipality of Vestfold, Norway

Anagrams

Italian

Proper noun

Re m pl (plural only)

  1. Kings, Book of Kings

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Re

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Re

  1. A municipality of Vestfold, Norway.
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