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[ US /ˈsi/ ]
[ US /ˈsi/ ]
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
How To Use Si In A Sentence
- Mix together with as few stirs as possible - mixing too much will make the muffins too dense and heavy. The Sun
- Richardson, are proprietors of shows, and the berouged, bedraggled creatures who exhibit on the platform outside for their living. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843
- A little pyrotechnics display tacked on just serves to emphasise its lack of cutting edge. Times, Sunday Times
- Within five years, a unified currency in 1933 the "central" issue of "legal tender" currency has been relatively stable, so Donglai Bank has to resume business.
- The aircraft descended into a wetland area and had since been forgotten about as it sank below the surface. Times, Sunday Times
- Three tall memorial archways inscribed with Chinese characters stand outside the temple.
- Add white soy sauce and milk, season with salt and pepper to taste and bring to a simmer.
- These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys. The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim
- The application of fertilizer increased the size of the plants.
- Do you really want ambient and drum'n'bass remixers stomping on your world music? Times, Sunday Times