Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
SI
n 1: 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}, {International System of
Units}, {International System}]
2: 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}, {atomic
number 14}]
3: the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any
musical scale in solmization [syn: {ti}, {te}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
si
The {country code} for Slovenia.
(1999-01-27)