noun
- 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.
- synonyms: silicon, atomic number 14
- 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))
- usage: "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites"
- The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization.
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