cpi

C3P3I1

noun

The measure of a number of typeset font characterss per inch used or supported by a digital display device

Similar
consumer price indexcost-of-living indexCalifornia Personality Inventory
Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

cpi1

nouncpi (plural cpi)
  1. Initialism of characters per inch.
    1. artsThe measure of a number of typeset font characterss per inch used or supported by a digital display device
    2. computingThe measure of characters that can be stored in each inch of magnetic tape

CPI2

nounCPI (countable and uncountable, plural CPIs)

plural CPIs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of consumer price index.

    To what extent the CPI reductions are a sign of what’s to come remains to be seen; but the immediate impacts to inflation readings could be minimal for now, Alan Detmeister, a UBS senior economist who previously helmed the Fed’s Wages and Prices section, told CNN.

    2025 June 5, Alicia Wallace, “DOGE layoffs may have compromised the accuracy of government data”, in CNN Business
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of crash position indicator (“a deployable type of Emergency Locator Transmitter”).
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of cost per install (“pricing model for mobile app campaigns”).
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismIndian politicsInitialism of Communist Party of India, a political party.
  2. IrishUKabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Communist Party of Ireland.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer

Similar
consumer price indexcost-of-living index

nouna self-report personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI; consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc.

Similar
California Personality Inventory
Broader
self-report personality inventoryself-report inventory

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