Noun
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the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
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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"
- systeme international d'unites - systeme international - si system - si unit - international system of units - international system -
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
- atomic number 14