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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

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.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Maffioso \Maf'fi*o"so\, Mafioso \Ma'fi*o"so\, noun; pl. {-si}. [It. maffioso.] A member of the mafia. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

SI

noun

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}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

SI

1. {Système International}. 2. {Shift In}.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

si The {country code} for Slovenia. (1999-01-27)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

SI Schweizer Informatikergesellschaft (org., Switzerland)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

SI Skyrslutaeknifelags Islands (org., Iceland)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

SI Source Index [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

SI SPARC International (org., manufacturer)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

SI System Information
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