| 单词 | psi |
| 例句 | The letter psi, in Greek, is shaped like a tulip. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Their mission was to widely fund the study of consciousness, particularly the aspects known as paranormal or “psi.” Their Family Business? The Other Dimension. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Do not use a power washer this time, unless it is set to a very low pressure, 500 psi. How to repair a peeling deck stain 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z If you are skeptical of psi phenomena, start with Pages 95 and 96. John Cleese Intends to Have His Unread Books Buried With Him 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Begin timing the processing from the moment the gauge reaches the required psi. How-to: Pressure canning at home 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z If the pressure drops below the recommended psi, you must start the recommended timing all over again. How-to: Pressure canning at home 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The compressed air comes out of the pipes at 100 psi, while the water will be anywhere from near 500 to 250 psi. Snowmaking is the most dangerous part of skiing 2013-02-23T13:00:00Z Still, I'm nervous for Laf, since the psi visions he had this episode have all contained seeds of truth. "True Blood" finale: The big showdown 2010-09-13T12:30:00Z If the pressure drops below the recommended psi, you must start timing the processing all over again. How-to: Pressure canning at home 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Generally, tires are 3.7 to 4.8 inches wide, and tire pressure is 10 psi or less — about one-third that of a mountain bike. Heavy tread makes light of snowed-over roads Such an amount is greater than the bite pressure exerted by some of the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom: Crocodile bites have been measured at up to 3,700 psi. See How Crushing Pressures Increase in the Ocean’s Depths 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The water provides the liquid for the artificial snow itself, and the gravitational energy provides enough water pressure—20 bars, or about 290 psi—to operate the guns, which look like showerheads that spray snow. Could Giant Blankets and Other Extreme Actions Save Glaciers? 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z To test the new hypothesis, the Brookhaven scientists plan to re-create their experiment with a different meson, called the J/psi meson, which is made of a quark-antiquark pair of a different favor. ‘Unbelievable’ Spinning Particles Probe Nature’s Most Mysterious Force 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Avoid them by setting your tire pressure low, never more than 5 psi. Want to cycle through the winter? Grab a fat bike and hit the snow 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z To qualify for the grand prize, divers must finish with 750 psi or more in their tank. WA divers celebrate Halloween with underwater pumpkin-carving contest 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z And one computer modeling study has estimated that a relatively large great white shark could sink its teeth into prey with a force of almost 4,000 psi. See How Crushing Pressures Increase in the Ocean’s Depths 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z What reading on such a gauge corresponds to 32 psi? Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z If phi mesons can add to the strong force field, their cousins should, too—and J/psi mesons’ spin polarizations should be similarly impacted by the resulting fluctuations. ‘Unbelievable’ Spinning Particles Probe Nature’s Most Mysterious Force 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z As a comparison, most automobile tires are kept at a pressure of 30–34 psi. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z If a container of argon has a volume of 336 cubic inches under a pressure of 2,500 psi, what will be its volume if the pressure is decreased to 2,000 psi? Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z It’s another to say, ‘Set your tire pressure to 30 psi,’” he said. This DIY box flashes trippy lights and helps clear indoor air of the coronavirus 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Compare that pressure in psi to the normal pressure on earth at sea level in psi. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z If pressure after the reducing valve is low, which generally means below 40 psi, Ray installs a new valve, and that often solves the problem. Perspective | How to increase water pressure at home 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Then there are letters that are unrecognizable, such as psi – shaped like a little pitchfork. With coronavirus variants, world gets crash course on the Greek alphabet 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z A container of helium has a volume of 370 cubic inches under a pressure of 15 psi. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z The average grip of a man in his early 20s is 100 psi. Falconry, an ancient form of hunting, finds new devotees 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Estimating from the versus V graph give a value of about 26 psi. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z State breakdown — and thus revolution — has only occurred when psi rises to dramatically high levels. What lies ahead: After the damage of the Trump era, can America avoid disaster? 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z The morning began with a breakfast of hörnchen and liverwurst, served by a girl wearing matching psi bracelets on each of her slender wrists. A strange game of dice 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Quantum theory describes fundamental particles not just as physical waves but also as being determined by the so-called wave equation, whose solutions may be designated by the Greek letter psi, ψ. Quantum Slits Open New Doors 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Most suits are pressurized to around 4 psi with extra oxygen inside. Why spacesuit design choices — not women’s physiques — delayed the first all-female spacewalk 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z “Oh,” he said, suddenly much more charming, “You mean g times the psi function. Why didn’t you just say that? Now I understand.” Remembering Murray Gell-Mann 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Goldstone's model combined measures of demographically-driven social stress from the mass population, the elites and the state to produce a single number, the "political stress indicator," or psi. What lies ahead: After the damage of the Trump era, can America avoid disaster? 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z The girl rubbed her hands together, causing the metal psis on her wrist to chime gently. A strange game of dice 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Dr. Richter called his particle, known to physicists as a meson, by the Greek letter “psi”; Ting’s particle was dubbed “J.” Burton Richter, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, dies at 87 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z It’s less than one-third the pressure of sea level here on Earth, about 14.7 psi, which would be impossible to move inside a suit. Why spacesuit design choices — not women’s physiques — delayed the first all-female spacewalk 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Inside the ship, the pressure jumped to at least 28 psi after the explosion — similar to diving down to 64 feet below the surface. Science may have solved the 150-year-old mystery of a sunken Civil War submarine 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z If he can get it to fail, he’ll actually see the fuel pressure drop as the vehicle falters … from 25 psi, to 15, to 10, to zero. Intermittent highway failures point to bad fuel pump 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Additionally, airplane tires are inflated to 200 psi, which is about six times the pressure used in a car tire. 11 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Airplanes 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Together, they were known as the J/psi meson. Burton Richter, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, dies at 87 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z But even being able to move against gas pressured to 4 psi does require a certain amount of strength. Why spacesuit design choices — not women’s physiques — delayed the first all-female spacewalk 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z During the filtration coating, vacuum was maintained above 10 psi to keep the filtration slow. Ultra-selective high-flux membranes from directly synthesized zeolite nanosheets : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Using materials science to more densely pack particles, concrete's strength has been increased up to 30,000 psi. How Building Design Changed After 9/11 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z He would have released the ball-inflation psi data the league collected this season that no doubt shows the effect of weather. Why Roger Goodell, not Tom Brady, is Deflategate’s real loser 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Pulling back on the trigger releases a shot of air at 80 psi into the cylinder, which propels the projectile — in this case a pool noodle — forward. Mark Rober, former NASA engineer, says he’s built the world’s largest NERF gun 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z A compressor squeezes the vapor, increasing its pressure up to 2,000 psi, which raises the vapor temperature dramatically from 100 to 194 degrees. Alaska aquarium replaces fossil fuel with seawater system 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z But good luck getting Mr. DiCaprio or Michael Douglas to headline a fundraiser with the rallying theme of 32 psi tire pressure. Energy Agenda for President Trump or President Clinton 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z And sometimes it’s nice to just walk among the store’s aisles, fantasizing how your life would be different if you had your own 150 psi air compressor and a nice set of impact wrenches. Visiting my dad, the chairman of the pegboard 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z It has to be 1 psi or more for a difference. Lewis Hamilton Survives Tire Inquiry to Win Italian Grand Prix 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z "I wasn't aware of it," Hamilton said, adding that 0.3 psi "is not really a huge amount on one tire." Lewis Hamilton's Italian GP win confirmed after tire inquiry; Ferrari's Vettel 2nd in Monza 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z It turned out the balls had been inflated to 16 pounds per square inch - well above the 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 psi allowed by the rule book. Judge’s NFL bashing skips judgment of Brady in ‘Deflategate’ 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z It turned out the balls had been inflated to 16 pounds per square inch — well above the 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 psi allowed by the rule book. Judge who freed Brady to play skips judgment of his actions in 'Deflategate,' focuses on NFL 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Goldberg also wrote: "There is no evidence that Tom Brady preferred footballs that were lower than 12.5 psi and no evidence anyone even thought that he did." Patriots offer detailed response to Deflategate report 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z There is no evidence that Tom Brady preferred footballs that were lower than 12.5 psi and no evidence anyone even thought that he did. Tom Brady's 'Deflate-gate' suspension appealed by NFLPA 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The rebuttal says that “basic science fully explains the drop in psi of the Patriots footballs.” Patriots Criticize Wells Report in Lengthy Rebuttal 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Again, never a good idea introducing such a word into a discussion on psi. The Tom Brady Suspension Is Ridiculous 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z This pressure is less than the new threshold of 13.7 psi. Exclusive: Oil on derailed North Dakota train was safer than new pressure rules 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z “What is not highlighted in the text of the report is that three of the Colts’ four footballs measured by at least one official were under the required psi level,” Kraft said. Six Surreal Takeaways From the Deflategate Report 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The February test resulted in an explosion in which pressure in the chamber rose from a normal 15 pounds per square inch to 70 psi, according to an agency slide presentation. US testing of lithium batteries alarms aviation officials 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Limiting vapor pressure to 13.7 psi in transit would require an operator to bring it to "something well below that" at the loading point, Sutton said. North Dakota's new oil train safety checks seen missing risks 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z I drop my tire pressure by about 5 psi to get better traction. Don’t let winter keep you off your mountain bike 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Okay, so the pants are more pleated than you ever thought pants could be, and they look like they’re inflated to at least 13.5 psi. Seahawks vs. Patriots: National media on Pete Carroll's firing, Doug Baldwin's anger 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z In the section, Exponent debunks Belichick’s theory that the “rubbing process” on the football could explain the illegal psi. Six Surreal Takeaways From the Deflategate Report 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Without the presence of halon, the explosion was even more powerful, with pressure rising to about 80 psi. US testing of lithium batteries alarms aviation officials 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z It was later revealed that the 12th football was also under-inflated, but by less than two psi. Tom Brady on Deflategate: 'I Didn't Alter the Balls in Any Way' 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Then they will insert a needle into the balls, one by one, to ensure the balls are inflated to the proper pressure: between 12.5 and 13.5 psi. Pressure Builds on NFL and the Patriots Amid 'Deflategate' Scandal 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z It would really help if I had a bit more technically sophisticated explanation of why operating at 240 psi as proposed by San Carlos is no better than operating at 125 as today. California Utility Discloses Disturbing Email Exchange With State Utility Regulators 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Okay, but what’s not highlighted in this statement is that two officials measured the psi of these four Colts balls at halftime. Six Surreal Takeaways From the Deflategate Report 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The accumulators weigh 100 tonnes and operated a psi - the unit of pressure needed - of 750. Celebrating Tower Bridge's 120 years 2014-01-17T06:49:58Z Then you send it, continuously, down a long tube that holds the algae at 660 degrees Fahrenheit and 3,000 psi for 30 minutes while stirring it. Green Oil: Scientists Turn Algae Into Petroleum In 30 Minutes 2013-12-23T17:17:00Z Making the tip of the spear the size of a US quarter, the resulting pressure is a ludicrous 31,800 psi—nearly three times the pressure at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Saving Lives in Serenity: Can a Fanboy and Physics Change a Movie? 2013-01-10T14:45:00.373Z This behaviour hints that, in addition to their well-known biting force of up to 2,000 psi, the jaws of crocodiles, alligators and other members of the family are capable of very controlled movements. Crocs have super-sensitive jaws 2012-11-08T05:45:58Z For all four balls, at least one official found that the psi was above the required 12.5 level. Six Surreal Takeaways From the Deflategate Report 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Well, if your tire pressure is supposed to be 35 psi and the actual inflation is 28 psi, you’ve just increased rolling resistance by 12.5 percent and are paying the cost at the pump. How Bridgestone's Innovative New Tires Will Save You Fuel 2012-09-19T16:10:25Z The Noctua psi, a little gray night-flying moth, is luminous, as also are some kinds of caterpillars; and the cricket and "daddy long-legs" have the same property attributed to them by some naturalists. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Our model, which is about the size of a large sink, pressurizes the mixture to as much as 25,000 psi, then slams it into a metal wall to smash it to submicron bits. Making Liquids Go Bipolar 2012-02-10T14:45:02.257Z It had a 6�7-in. bore and stroke and would develop slightly over 3 hp at what was apparently its normal operating speed of 447 rpm, which gives an MEP of 27 psi. The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design 2012-02-04T03:00:15.650Z B. To this notation is commonly prefixed psi, formed like a cross, in the fashion of the eighth century. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z This memoir relates how the British psychologist gradually, painfully became a psi skeptic—albeit one who still pursues and finds meaning in altered states. Cool Science Classics for Summer Reading 2011-06-14T15:45:05.423Z The pressure of the well hovered around 6,600 psi, prompting Garwin, among others, to argue for the immediate removal of the cap. How Science Stopped BP's Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill 2011-04-19T11:15:00.200Z Much more damaging to Dyson's credibility, however, is his belief in extrasensory perception, sometimes called "psi". Freeman Dyson, global warming, ESP and the fun of being "bunkrapt" 2011-01-07T23:15:00.243Z I usually inflate my tires to 110 psi, but I’ve backed it off to about 100 given the heat, so that when the tire heats up on the pavement it does not exceed 120 psi. | Heat Stirs Debate About Flat Tires 2010-07-22T00:43:00Z In the Cotton Genesis psi is rather taller than the rest, but the vertical line does not rise above the level of the circle. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z But the Obama administration thinks this is lower than it should be and would like to see the pressure rise to around 8,000 psi, which would show conclusively that there were no leaks. BP oil spill: seepage 'not a threat to well' 2010-07-20T11:07:00Z But the Obama administration would like to see the pressure rise to around 8,000 psi, which would show conclusively that no leaks were taking place. US gives BP 24 hours to monitor capped oil well 2010-07-19T18:19:00Z No one has produced empirical proof of psi, he conjectured, because it tends to occur under conditions of "strong emotion and stress," which are "inherently incompatible with controlled scientific procedures." Freeman Dyson, global warming, ESP and the fun of being "bunkrapt" 2011-01-07T23:15:00.243Z Yes, they’re slightly harser than the 110 psi pneumatics I used to use, but I quickly became more adapt at avoiding potholes because of this. | Heat Stirs Debate About Flat Tires 2010-07-22T00:43:00Z Pressure beneath 6,000 psi would indicate a possible leak, officials said. BP extends test of Gulf of Mexico oil well 2010-07-18T00:54:00Z The pressure on Friday night remained at about 6,700 psi and was rising only fractionally. BP oil spill: failed safety device on Deepwater Horizon rig was modified in China 2010-07-17T23:06:00Z Pressure readings after 24 hours were about 6,700 pounds per square inch and rising slowly, Allen said, below the 7,500 psi that would clearly show the well was not leaking. BP: No signs that capped Gulf well leaking 2010-07-16T23:10:00Z When I ran into Dyson three years ago in Lisbon, he cheerfully affirmed his belief in psi and reiterated his explanations for why it hasn't been empirically demonstrated. Freeman Dyson, global warming, ESP and the fun of being "bunkrapt" 2011-01-07T23:15:00.243Z Allen had said pressure above 7,500 pounds per square inch would show the well was intact, while pressure that lingered below 6,000 psi would signal damage. Capped BP Gulf well under scrutiny 2010-07-17T00:36:00Z Wells reported Friday that the pressure was at 6,700 psi. BP well remains sealed as pressure tests continue 2010-07-16T13:59:00Z But we don't use psi, or the defense anymore. Earthsmith He said pressure continued to rise between 2 and 10 psi per hour. BP: No signs that capped Gulf well leaking 2010-07-16T23:10:00Z Yes, some researchers still claim to have found tentative evidence for psi, as The New York Times reported in a page-one story last week. Freeman Dyson, global warming, ESP and the fun of being "bunkrapt" 2011-01-07T23:15:00.243Z The pressure Friday afternoon remained close to 6,700 psi -- the same level as BP had announced eight hours earlier -- and was barely rising by two to 10 psi per hour. Capped BP Gulf well under scrutiny 2010-07-17T00:36:00Z They can make a man 'dream,' as you did—or they can destroy him outright, depending on which of the 'psi' factors, ESP or PK, is given dominance during projection. A Gift For Terra Dr. Karl Haslam was standing at the work bench, with a pair of silver forceps which held a small egg under the psi light. Category Phoenix Maybe this was another facet of the psi factors that had suddenly become his. Insidekick Eminent physicists also postulate the existence of parallel universes, higher dimensions, strings and other phenomena that I find as incredible as psi. Freeman Dyson, global warming, ESP and the fun of being "bunkrapt" 2011-01-07T23:15:00.243Z "Consistency is all right for a free psi," he said. World Without War We know little or nothing about psi phenomena, so it is no wonder I couldn't figure them out. Assassin He was young, as a man, younger as a recognized developing psi. The Psilent Partner About the only things he lacked to be a well-rounded psi were telekinetic powers and precognition. Insidekick Then psi and alpha, connected by a dash. Pursuit If they didn't have the artificial bodies and the psi transfer transmitters to make them come alive, there wouldn't have been anybody left after a while. World Without War The primitive psi waves of humanity's hates, lusts, fears, and exultations must be unbearable torture to a race long past such animal outbursts. Assassin But the eyes of the law and the minds of the psis of the government's Business Ethics Bureau were equally keen. The Psilent Partner Certainly it had protected him on Antar, and with equal certainty it must have been responsible for the psi owners he possessed. Insidekick That made twice he'd heard them mention the psi factor—the strange ability a few human minds had to perform seeming miracles. Pursuit The boiler pressure of about 6 psi was not maintained, varying somewhat with each stroke of the engine. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran After this bit, psi faculties, including telempathy, have to be considered another weapons family in the Cold War ... a new set of pieces of the big chessboard. Telempathy Fortunately the firm employed a psi, one of the few known psis not in government service. The Psilent Partner His system injected the fuel into the cylinder head with a blast of air supplied by a special air reservoir at a pressure of 1000 psi or more. The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 There'd been a piece of paper—psi equals alpha, the psi factor was the beginning of infinity for mankind. Pursuit My God, what we have yet to learn about psi forces, psychokinesis.... Last Resort And, at that point, the Greek letter psi ceases to be a symbol for the unknown. Fifty Per Cent Prophet Lawrence had wondered why this psi was not working for the government, but decided the 'why' didn't matter if there were positive results. The Psilent Partner It consists of injecting only fuel at a pressure of 1000 psi or more. The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 He'd been doing research on the psi factor for the government, and he needed a mathematician—even one who proved something which he knew wasn't true, provided the mathematics could handle his theories. Pursuit Fredericks knew enough of general psi theory to know when somebody was handing him a snow job. Sight Gag He'd tried some of the ancient Rhine experiments, but that was no good; he still didn't show any particular psi talents. Lost in Translation They weren't numerous; the Business Ethics Bureau which employed at least sixty percent of the known psis showed thirty on the payroll for this fiscal year. The Psilent Partner It was divided into small groups, each training on a different psi talent. Stopover They'd succeeded, too—they had found the tiny bundle of cells that controlled the psi factor, and learned to stimulate them by artificial wave trains and hypnosis. Pursuit It wasn't accurate to say that a psi force was blocked by the shield; no construct can block that which has no real physical existence. Sight Gag I'll hazard a guess that the psi function even instigates mutations, some of the deadlier types are just too one-sided to have come about naturally in a brief three hundred years. Deathworld So, he needed a lawyer who could act for him personally, now, and steer his project clear of the government service psis. The Psilent Partner I hope you are all convinced as to what can be accomplished through the use of psi. Stopover He'd prepared a new hypnotic tape, worded to make him forget everything he knew, or even the fact that he had worked on the psi factor. Pursuit That wasn't very clear, either, Fredericks thought; but mathematics was the only adequate language for talking about psi, anyhow. Sight Gag It was this way with the psi pressure on the city. Deathworld Unfortunately no two psis are alike, which makes the job more complicated. The Psilent Partner I do have a scattering of other psi talents, though, but nothing as well-developed as my telekinesis. Stopover The psi factor is controlled by that, and not by the conscious mind. Pursuit With the binder field in operation, no psi force could move him an inch. Sight Gag Insensitive as the Pyrrans were to psi pressure, even they were aware of the blast of hatred being continuously leveled at them. Deathworld Being a psi your ultimate destiny is to aid in the development of the world whether you like to look forward to it or not. The Psilent Partner As I see it, the best chance we have to at least achieve a status quo is to accept the aid those among us with psi talents are willing to give. Stopover "They're trying to find some way to bring the psi factor under the control of your logical, rational mind." Pursuit The Psi Operative had no weapons, no reinforcements, no chance to run—nothing except his psi talent, which Fredericks had defenses against, and his brains. Sight Gag And in this area was a wash of psi radiation such as he had never experienced before. Deathworld They teach us in Service Psi School that non-service psis are not to be trusted. The Psilent Partner There was a trace, a minor trace of awareness in man not dependent upon the tools and artifacts of physical science—extra-sensory perception, psi. Eight Keys to Eden But this psi factor is the means of communication! Pursuit But no psi force could crack the shield. Sight Gag I have enough psi ability to alter probability in my favor. Deathworld In fact, service psis are forbidden to associate with non-service psis. The Psilent Partner Was the difference between physical science and psi science based in this insignificant difference in exactness? Eight Keys to Eden Whether they were entirely correct or not in their theories, the psi factor was no longer wild. Pursuit It was, more simply, that the shield created a framework inside of which the universe existed in the absence of psi. Sight Gag Basic psi talents can be improved by practice, and some machines have been devised that act as psionic amplifiers. Deathworld But, look—as a psi, can you assure me that my idea is not slightly lunatic? The Psilent Partner That the science of psi was one of proportion. Eight Keys to Eden This psi factor was going to be a handy thing to have around, with its complete control of space and time. Pursuit "You had to take him, not only with psi forces, but with the only weapons a Psi Operative is allowed to carry." Sight Gag The talkers must have well developed psi facilities, that was obvious now. Deathworld Then his uncle Ralph wouldn't have mentioned his unusual ability to the Business Ethics Bureau and the psis wouldn't have investigated him. The Psilent Partner The science of psi, then, was based in a willingness to shift? Eight Keys to Eden All this talk recently about the heredity of psi powers is bad, too. Tinker's Dam The damage was completed by another idiot who named the new branch the Psi Corps, merely because the basic capacity for extra-rational mental faculties is technically signified by the Greek letter 'psi.' Shock Absorber I've traced the source of the psi message that keeps your war going. Deathworld The psi training had been so rigid, so harsh at times. The Psilent Partner All of a sudden I saw that it really didn't matter whether I were a psi or not. Card Trick Fitzgerald wore an expression of pious joy as Big Jake Connors and his aides, obstinately attempting violent actions, were prevented by psi units. The Ambulance Made Two Trips If you can find any excuse to come to Laibach, I promise you amazing demonstrations of psi phenomena. The Leader He had been so preoccupied since his return to the city that he hadn't noticed the complete lack of any kind of psi sensation. Deathworld Well, of course they have to be sure that psis develop into useful members of society. The Psilent Partner The important question had always been whether Lefty and the others were psis. Card Trick You can establish a psi field in a suitable material, just as you can establish a magnetic field in steel or alnico. The Ambulance Made Two Trips My dear Karl: You make me curious with your talk of a rat which levitates crumbs of cheese and a she-dog who displays other psi abilities. The Leader The Pyrran animals were sensitive to psi radiation—probably the plants and lower life forms as well. Deathworld In any event, no one would take the word of an untrained psi over the word of a stable, normal human being. The Psilent Partner That made Snead, and presumably Lefty, a psi. Card Trick In the same way," said Brink, "you can try to perform violent actions in a strong psi field—a field made especially to act on violence. The Ambulance Made Two Trips I assume that you have found the experimental conditions which let psi powers operate without hindrance. The Leader But I can, and so could anyone else with any sort of psi sensitivity. Deathworld A year before Black had invested too much of his own money in a "sure thing" upon the advice of a fellow psi trainee who, he subsequently and sadly found out, had economic instability. The Psilent Partner "Is it any more silly for me to think you might be a psi personality than for you to think you never lose at cards?" she nailed me. Card Trick It can be arranged that such psi eddy currents make your eyelids twitch. The Ambulance Made Two Trips This she-dog with psi powers, of which you give no account ... The Leader During the past ten years I managed to study at all of the centers that do psi research. Deathworld He was, indeed, a rather wealthy young man, thanks to his mother who had been, to her son's knowledge—and to his alone—a psi with definite powers of pre-vision and persuasion. The Psilent Partner "I warned you not to use psi in the game!" he snapped. Card Trick The psi field has melted down ordinary probabilities. The Ambulance Made Two Trips Could be tie-in his father's execution and use of psi ability. The Leader I think it would have been discovered that the plant creatures were nothing more than an advanced life form with unusual psi ability. Deathworld As far as he knew, no psi had ever been known consciously to flit to the moon—or unconsciously, for that matter—or to the other side of an ocean! The Psilent Partner "There are delicate experiments—" "Can you test me for psi powers?" Card Trick So my special kind of luck," said Brink, "comes from antiviolence psi fields, set up in psi units of suitable material. The Ambulance Made Two Trips You say that it is a psi phenomenon. The Leader Before they hit the table he realized he couldn't control them—the transient psi power had gone. Deathworld No, that would be unethical and the strongest part of a psi's training was a fine code of ethics. The Psilent Partner "If you have no emotional bias against psi as such," he went on smoothly, "you'd be happy for Tex if he were a PC." Card Trick I offered to take it over and protect it—with psi units. The Ambulance Made Two Trips It has the emotional quality of a reaction to witchcraft or magic, but psi is not witchcraft. The Leader Skop cursed under the bulky mass of the psi detector, passing it up to Meta who waited in the open port of the spaceship. Deathworld Probing was part of the training at psi school but he had never revealed—and his tutors had never guessed—that he could create a block that could not be sensed by the prober. The Psilent Partner Shari's doctorate had been earned with a startling thesis on psi phenomena and psi personalities, and she had stayed on at Columbia as a research fellow in the field. Card Trick So the psi unit naturally made the burning of the plant impossible. The Ambulance Made Two Trips The same can be said of psi—or of magnetism or gravitation or what you will. The Leader Funny, after all the years of work we still don't know much about psi. Deathworld Perhaps a BEB psi had wind of Lawrence's deal and by probing Lawrence's mind—or the mind of someone in the West Coast realty outfit—had somehow learned of Black's association with the industrialist. The Psilent Partner Lefty, the gambler who had yelped about psi powers at the game, dealt the tenth hand. Card Trick The psi unit made the dryer-door fly off and knock a pistol out of a man's hand. The Ambulance Made Two Trips A greater psi ability was needed than he had. The Leader It would be hard to win smoothly then—and his psi power might go as quickly as it had come. Deathworld There's no psi on us but we may be wiretapped by BEB—lots of law offices are and trainees connected with them. The Psilent Partner "You think I want to be a psi?" Card Trick Anyone who holds that telepathy and psi powers would mean an end to crime quite obviously underestimates the ingenuity of the human race. The Big Fix A greater psi power than was available would have been needed to make you give the dog candy, once you were warned. The Leader His psi projection of the Zid appeared on the dock before them with demoniac abruptness—crouched to leap, twin tails lashing and its ten-foot length bristling with glassy magenta bristles. Traders Risk The service psis would catch Standskill, would test the ethics of it now that Joyce had spilled, would cause Standskill to be disbarred. The Psilent Partner "He used his psi powers on me in a pretty dramatic fashion." Card Trick "There isn't any rule about who can have psi talent," I argued. Sense from Thought Divide You agree with me, do you not—that it was impossible for The Leader to weave a web of enchantment over the whole nation by his own psi energies controlling the psi energies of others? The Leader Chafis Three and Four, on psi shift in the forward control cubicle, might have fallen as easily if the mental screamings of their fellows had not warned them in time. Traders Risk The Government would never condone the deal Lawrence was contemplating—the Applied Atomics Corporation was nearly insolvent, the BEB psis were investigating it.... The Psilent Partner Let them try to pin the psi label on me! Card Trick I didn't need any psi talent for that, it was an inevitable part of his pattern. Sense from Thought Divide I must demonstrate beyond question that psi ability did not cause his ascendancy! The Leader That made for neater mathematics but overlooked certain space-time aspects of the psi function. Security Black tossed fitfully on the bed, seeking sleep desperately, seeking to escape the black night pressing in, to evade the imagined—or was it real?—probing minds of service psis. The Psilent Partner The possession of psi powers isn't a mark of moral superiority. Card Trick If he hadn't got in and riled things up, maybe the Swami would not have been emotionally upset enough to generate the psi force which had activated these new cylinders. Sense from Thought Divide Help me to contrive a lie which will keep anyone, ever, from dreaming that psi ability can be used to seize a government and a nation. The Leader Air pressure about 20 psi at the surface; temperature around ninety-five Fahrenheit. Islands of Space If the service psis were on his trail, he'd show them how good a trainee he was. The Psilent Partner One of the Lodge's fundamental rules is that no psi may use his powers to the detriment of Normals. Card Trick We were both trying to get hold of and benefit by psi effects, weren't we? Sense from Thought Divide Insane, he no longer had the psi gifts by which he had seized and degraded our nation. The Leader The skrenning ability, which is one of a cluster of psi talents, is difficult to use. The Status Civilization He thought it at first a probe and blocked part of his mind; then relaxed as it realized it was a psi asking with overbearing politeness for him to connect the visiphone circuit. The Psilent Partner Our second purpose tonight is to get it through your thick head, Mr. Robertson, that the Lodge insists on its right to control your actions insofar as they involve the use of your psi powers. Card Trick "I've been trying to build up a concept of the framework wherein psi seems to function," I told him casually, just as if it were all a formularized laboratory procedure. Sense from Thought Divide And now that you have pointed it out, unquestionably a man with The Leader's psi powers could force another man's brain to transmit all its contents to him. The Leader But after Rhine's death, his associates managed to prove his theories and eventually worked out a system of training that would develop the psi ability. Highways in Hiding He dared not exercise his psi powers again just now. The Psilent Partner I flatly deny that I have the slightest shred of psi power. Card Trick Aside from some believers and those individuals who do seem to attract psi forces, we don't know, yet, what to wrap around what. Sense from Thought Divide Pseudos is the opposite of this, implying the principle of constraint and forced repose, which is expressed under the figure of sleep, to eudon; the psi is an addition. Cratylus I parked the car down the highway by about three miles, figuring that only a psi of doctor's degree would be able to dig anything at that distance. Highways in Hiding He feared above all the wrath of Dodson and the other service psis. The Psilent Partner "Some of you maverick psis scream like a gelded porker," he said. Card Trick That's what happens when science tries to investigate psi by the standard methods. Sense from Thought Divide The letters phi, psi, sigma, zeta, which require a great deal of wind, are employed in the imitation of such notions as shivering, seething, shaking, and in general of what is windy. Cratylus People of latent psi ability instead of trained practice, or those poor souls who have no psi ability worth mentioning. Highways in Hiding Joyce, tell me—did you, to your knowledge, tip off the BEB psis? The Psilent Partner "He honestly doesn't think he has any psi powers." Card Trick What we really lacked in psi was the ability to orient its phenomena. Sense from Thought Divide "Proving that psi powers don't exist, right, Dr. King?" Card Trick Admitting that at the time all psi ability was latent, they still had less of it. Highways in Hiding Yes, Marty, don't you realize that only unstable psis are taken into service? The Psilent Partner It's an organization of folks with psi powers. Card Trick The various psi gifted individuals tried to do this. Sense from Thought Divide Part of the problem in the Lodge is that psi powers are possessed as often by evil and stupid people as by the good and intelligent. Card Trick The police, with their fine collection of psi boys, were willing to admit when they were really baffled. Highways in Hiding And they must surely realize that all mankind will evolve to psis one day. The Psilent Partner Look, psis are supermen, in spite of your sneers. Card Trick If it weren't so close to direct interference with my department, I'd have been delighted to sit on the side lines and watch him try to command psi effects to happen. Sense from Thought Divide If any one of you guys has any psi powers," the sharp-chinned gambler said sourly, "you better beat it. Card Trick I'm not much different than you or any other psi. Highways in Hiding "And most of all, with my background in psi, do you think I could be misled about it?" Card Trick If you have any psi powers, they're most likely to show up with cards. Card Trick Just what kind of turns with what around what did you make to generate a psi force? Sense from Thought Divide In egghead circles, she rated as a psi expert, all right. Card Trick They had doctors of psi digging for footprints, shreds of clothing, everything. Highways in Hiding Do you think I'd be successful in the psi field if I weren't sensitive to this sort of thing? Card Trick He claimed he was part of an organization of psi personalities. Card Trick The best way on earth to avoid having to explain psi effects and come to terms with them is simply to deny them, convince oneself that they don't exist. Sense from Thought Divide "You've got a psi power so incredible that—" He whirled on me while I died for good. Card Trick He was a fair perceptive who might have been quite proficient if he had taken the full psi course at some university. Highways in Hiding Now you take all that mass of data about psi effects, the odd and unexplainable happenings, the premonitions, the specific predictions, the accurate descriptions of far away simultaneously happening events. Sense from Thought Divide "One crack about my having psi powers—" "Yeah, yeah," he interrupted. Card Trick Do you realize, Swami," I asked, "that the one great drawback throughout the ages to a full acceptance of psi is the lack of permanent evidence? Sense from Thought Divide If the psi effect had never come out in the first place, there wouldn't have been any mental conflict. Sense from Thought Divide The wide-open psi area did not extend for miles. Highways in Hiding I could say psi was a flow of positrons, and it would mean as much. Sense from Thought Divide If so, they might be on the level about my psi powers—which meant I was right back being a snake again. Card Trick They will record, in permanent form, the psi effects you command. Sense from Thought Divide Not that we know psi and electricity have anything in common, other than some similar analogies, but we don't know they don't. Sense from Thought Divide Let's go back a step and consider, even without psi training, how long such an outfit could function. Highways in Hiding Was there any chance I could find some shortcuts in reducing the laws governing psi? Sense from Thought Divide "Is there such a thing as a psi who can induce hallucinations?" Card Trick Was there anything at all we knew about psi, so that we could start cataloguing, sketching in the beginnings of a pattern? Sense from Thought Divide We don't know how to code or decode a psi effect. Sense from Thought Divide The scoffers and detractors, naturally enough, were those people who had the least amount of psi ability. Highways in Hiding We know the Auerbach cylinder will store a psi impulse, but we don't know how. Sense from Thought Divide "We're here to measure the psi powers of Tex Robertson, not to talk over the reputed clairvoyance of some dim and misty character." Card Trick He understood, from his researches, that the most positive psi effects were experienced during a seance with a medium. Sense from Thought Divide And telepathy or perception goes out of kilter first because the psi is a very delicate factor. Highways in Hiding |
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