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noun

(1) The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization

(2) A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold

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Etymology

Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter.

Noun

In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): si.