si

plural sis · alternative ti

1. entertainmentA syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

1. International System of Units

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   The reason for the change to the International System of Measurement (SI) units was that over time the prototype lost atoms and therefore mass because it is “susceptible to damage and environmental factors,” according to the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), which houses Kilo 18, Britain’s copy of Le Grand K.

   2018 November 13, Matthew Robinson and Lianne Kolirin, “The world has just redefined the kilogram”, in CNN

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Smithsonian Institution.
2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Sports Illustrated.

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   “We have said from the start that our top priorities are to keep Sports Illustrated alive, uphold the legacy of the institution and protect our union jobs. We look forward to discussing a future with Minute Media that does that,” Emma Baccellieri, staff writer for SI and vice chair for the SI Union, said in a statement.

   2024 March 18, Oliver Darcy and Liam Reilly, “Sports Illustrated to avert shutdown as it gets a fresh start under new publisher”, in CNN Business

plural SIs · alternative S.I.

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of signal integrity.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableengineeringInitialism of systems integration.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of self-injury.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of suicidal ideation.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismslanguncountablelifestyleInitialism of self-insertion (of the author into fan fiction).
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableengineeringInitialism of spark ignition.
7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of supporting information.
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of special intelligence.
9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of systematic internaliser.
10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of swarm intelligence.
11. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of synthetic intelligence.
12. PhilippinesabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableaccountingInitialism of sales invoice.
13. AustraliaCanadaUKabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablelawInitialism of statutory instrument.

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    The scope of SIs varies greatly, from the technical (e.g. to set or vary the dates on which different provisions of an Act will come into force, to change the levels of fines or penalties for offences or to make consequential and transitional provisions) to the much wider-ranging, such as filling out the broad provisions in Acts.

    2016 December 15, Richard Kelly, Statutory Instruments, House of Commons Library Briefing Paper 6509, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2022, page 1

14. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of subinspector (of police, etc).

    India's first transgender SI

15. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountabledivingInitialism of surface interval.

1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparableanatomyInitialism of sacroiliac.

   SI joint

alternative Sy

1. A diminutive of the male given name Simon.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Simone.
3. A diminutive of the male given name Silas.

alternative Su · alternative Ssu · alternative Szu

1. A river in Shandong, China.
2. A county of Suzhou, Anhui, China.

   Si county in Anhui province locked down its 760,000 residents and suspended public traffic as it reported 288 cases on Saturday.

   2022 July 4, Sophie Yu, Stella Qiu, Ryan Woo, “Eastern China cities tighten COVID curbs as new clusters emerge”, in William Mallard, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2022, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

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   Dong Xuefeng, head of the Huangwei Township Central School in Sixian County, Anhui province, told a school gathering on Monday that Christmas was a disgrace to the Chinese people because of past humiliations inflicted on the nation by mostly Christian invaders.

   [2018 December 26, Mandy Zuo, “Christmas linked to China’s past humiliation by foreign invaders in speech to primary schoolchildren”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2024, China/People & Culture

   Most of Anhui’s cases were identified in Suzhou’s Si County, where on Wednesday the authorities ordered its 760,000 residents to refrain from going out unless it was necessary.

   2022 July 5, Zixu Wang, “Covid Outbreak Emerges in China’s Anhui Province”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2022, The Coronavirus Pandemic

   Synonyms: Sixian, Ssu-hsien

3. historicalVarious prefectures of imperial China.
4. historicalA surname from Mandarin.

1. alternativeAlternative form of Xi.