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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Divertimento \Di*ver'ti*men"to\, noun; pl. {-ti}. [It.] (Mus.) A light and pleasing composition. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: a light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite [syn: {titanium}, {atomic number 22}] 2: shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii [syn: {Cordyline terminalis}] 3: the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization [syn: {te}, {si}] From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: TI Technical Interchange (conference, IBM) From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: |
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