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English noun: Si | |||
| 1. | Si (substance) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | atomic number 14, silicon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chemical element, element, semiconducting material, semiconductor | ||
| Substance meronym | clay, feldspar, felspar, granite, quartz, sand, silicone, silicone polymer | ||
| 2. | SI (quantity) 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) | ||
| Samples | Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites. | ||
| Synonyms | International System, International System of Units, SI system, SI unit, Systeme International, Systeme International d'Unites | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | metric system | ||
| 3. | si (communication) the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization | ||
| Synonyms | te, ti | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | solfa syllable | ||
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