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Translingual
Etymology 1
Proper noun
SI
- Système International d'Unités or the International System of Units, commonly known as the metric system.
- see Appendix on SI Units
Etymology 2
Symbol
SI
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Slovenia since 1992.
- Synonym: SVN (alpha-3)
English
Proper noun
SI
- Initialism of Smithsonian Institution.
- International System of Units
Derived terms
Noun
SI (countable and uncountable, plural SIs)
- (electronics) Initialism of signal integrity.
- (technology) Initialism of systems integration.
- Initialism of self-injury.
- Initialism of suicidal ideation.
- (fandom slang) Initialism of self-insertion. (of the author into fan fiction)
- (mechanical engineering) Initialism of spark ignition.
- Initialism of supporting information.
- Initialism of special intelligence.
- (finance) Initialism of systematic internaliser.
- Initialism of swarm intelligence.
- Initialism of synthetic intelligence.
- (Philippines, accounting, business) Initialism of sales invoice.
- (UK, Canada, Australia, law) Initialism of statutory instrument.
2016 December 15, Richard Kelly, Statutory Instruments, House of Commons Library Briefing Paper 6509, archived from the original on 7 January 2022, page 1: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.
- Initialism of subinspector (of police, etc)
- India's first transgender SI
- (underwater diving) Initialism of surface interval.
- S.I. (statutory instrument, chiefly in citation)
Adjective
SI (not comparable)
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of sacroiliac.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
SI m
- Abbreviation of Système international. (Système international d’unités) (the international standard metric system)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
SI
- (historical, politics) Initialism of Sarekat Islam.
- (physics) Initialism of Sistem Internasional (“International System of Units”).
- Initialism of Surveyor Indonesia.
Noun
SI (plural SI-SI)
- Initialism of sarjana informatika.
- Initialism of sistem informatika.
Japanese
Etymology
From English SI, from French SI.
Pronunciation
Noun
SI • (esuai)
- Synonym of 国際単位系 (Kokusai Tan'ikei, “International System of Units”); the SI
Portuguese
Proper noun
SI m
- Abbreviation of Sistema Internacional. SI
Spanish
Proper noun
SI m
- Abbreviation of Sinaloa. (Mexican state)