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Adjacent WordsShy
shy away from
shy person
Shyer
Shyest
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shylock
Shyly
Shymkent
Shyness
shyster
si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait!
si monumentum requiris, circumspice
si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice
Si quis
SI system
SI unit
si vis pacem, para bellum
Sia
Sia ///nnSiad Barre
SIA; SIAHA
Siaga
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Si definitions
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]
noun Etymology: Italian Date: 1728 ti II
abbreviation Etymology: French Système International d'Unités International System of Units
I. symbol silicon II. geographical name — see xi
abbr. 1 (Order of the) Star of India. 2 the international system of units of measurement (F Système International).
symb. Chem. the element silicon.
n. Mus. = TE. Etymology: F f. It., perh. f. the initials of Sancte Iohannes: see GAMUT
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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