English Dictionary: siècle |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Si
- n
- 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
Synonym(s): silicon, Si, atomic number 14
- 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"
Synonym(s): Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, SI unit, International System of Units, International System
- the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
Synonym(s): ti, te, si
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
d8Maffioso \[d8]Maf`fi*o"so\, d8Mafioso \[d8]Ma`fi*o"so\, n.;
pl. {-si}. [It. maffioso.]
A member of the maffia.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
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.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
si
The {country code} for Slovenia.
(1999-01-27)
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
SI
1. {Système International}.
2. {Shift In}.
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