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Definitions of si

  1.   the syllable naming the seventh ( subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
  2.   The seventh note in the musical scale.
  3.   Seventh note of the natural scale in music.
  4.   In music, a syllable applied to the seventh of the major diatonic scale in singing it.
  5.   Chemical symbol of silicon.
  6.   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
  7.   The seventh note of the scale.
  8.   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)
  9.   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.
  10.   In music, the seventh note of the major diatonic scale.

Quotes of si

  1. In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side. – B. H. Liddell Hart
  2. My project was radiation damage of Si and Ge by energetic electrons, critical for the use of the recently developed semiconductor devices for applications in outer space. – Walter Kohn

Usage examples for si

  1. “ " Oh, did you see Young Si ” – Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  2. “ Por si acaso: In case that. ” – Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) by C. A. Toledano
  3. “ Goulding, a flush struggling in his pale, told Mr Bloom, face of the night, Si in Ned Lambert's, Dedalus house, sang 'Twas rank and fame. ” – Ulysses by James Joyce
  4. “ Then Si Men held his hand, and sent the girl back to her home, and the evil custom was at an end forever. ” – The Chinese Fairy Book by Various
  5. “ " That woman did not understand her business," continued Si Men, " or else she would have been back long ago!" ” – The Chinese Fairy Book by Various
  6. “ " It isn't stuff and nonsense, Jo- si ah. ” – The Master of the Ceremonies by George Manville Fenn
  7. “ " I don't see but what you'll have to get you one, Si she said. ” – Entire PG Edition of The Works of William Dean Howells by William Dean Howells
  8. “ " Si Signorina," Nanni replied, without an instant's hesitation. ” – A Venetian June by Anna Fuller
  9. “ Si but it is a new camp. ” – The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by Henry Herbert Knibbs
  10. “ The Bontoc man makes his ba- si in December. ” – The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
  11. “ " Si hain't in politics, you understand," said Mr. Bixby. ” – The Complete PG Edition of The Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill
  12. “ " Si si they answered, for they had by now learned si si ” – The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
  13. “ The Shan- si man shrugged his shoulders. ” – Mortmain by Arthur Cheny Train
  14. “ Oh yes, I've long resigned any pretensions, as I wrote you more than a year ago; you may go in and win- si le coeur t'en dit! ” – The Martian by George Du Maurier
  15. “ " Si answered Lopez, calmly. ” – The Bad Man by Charles Hanson Towne
  16. “ 4. ur- sag- gal umun si d. ” – Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon
  17. “ The other, the Shan- si man, was tall and square- shouldered, and he carried his chin high and his arms folded in front of him. ” – Mortmain by Arthur Cheny Train
  18. “ He never thought very much of Si vis pacem, para bellum; it was not one of his best; but it seemed to please some of his political friends, one of whom asked if he might use it in his next speech in the Senate. ” – If I May by A. A. Milne
  19. “ Al was so anxious to git through he hit Si Dudley in the mouth- injured him some, I guess. ” – The Complete PG Edition of The Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill
  20. “ " Si signor," the man answered, " I the captain." ” – The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

Rhymes for si