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Re

2. (chemistry) Chemical element symbol for rhenium.
3. (mathematics) The real part of a complex number.

   Synonym: ℜ

   Coordinate terms: Im, ℑ

   Re(a + bi) = a

5. (fluid mechanics) The Reynolds number.

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Re, Norway

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• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: Rae, Rea; ray, Ray, Wray (pane–pain merger); re, Rhea (one pronunciation)

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

Re

1. (Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Ra.

Re (pl Rs)

2. rupee

Clipping of reinsurance.

Re

1. (in company names) Reinsurance.

   Swiss Re

Re

1. A municipality of Vestfold, Norway.

• 'er, -'er, -er, E-R, E. R., E.R., ER, er, er.

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Re

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Re m pl (plural only)

1. Kings, Book of Kings

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Re

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Re

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

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Re kommune

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Re

1. a municipality of Vestfold, Norway