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NOUN (3)

1. a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors;
[syn: silicon, Si, atomic number 14]

2. a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela);
- Example: "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites"
[syn: Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, SI unit, International System of Units, International System]

3. the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization;
[syn: ti, te, si]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Si \Si\ [It.] (Mus.) A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maffioso \Maf`fi*o"so\, Mafioso \Ma`fi*o"so\, n.; pl. -si. [It. maffioso.] A member of the mafia. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Si n 1: a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors [syn: silicon, Si, atomic number 14] 2: a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela); "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites" [syn: Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, SI unit, International System of Units, International System] 3: the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization [syn: ti, te, si]
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

SI Skyrslutaeknifelags Islands (org., Iceland)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

SI Source Index [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

SI SPARC International (org., manufacturer)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

SI System Identifier (DTD, URI, SGML, FPI)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

SI System Information
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

SI Schweizer Informatikergesellschaft (org., Switzerland)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

SI 1. Système International. 2. Shift In.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

si The country code for Slovenia. (1999-01-27)