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silicon
  1. (slang) computing
  2. (slang) computer processor
  3. Abbreviation of silicon chip.
  4. Examples:
    1. “Part of the problem is that as the radioactive substance decays, most of the electrons miss the silicon surface.”
      “The partnership will focus on making chips out of 300 mm wafers of silicon and the aim is to roll out prototypes in the second half of this year.”
      “Microelectronics manufacturers create hundreds to thousands of chips simultaneously on large, thin wafers of silicon.”
silicon
  1. (chemistry) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
  2. (chemistry) A single atom of this element.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Part of the problem is that as the radioactive substance decays, most of the electrons miss the silicon surface.”
      “The partnership will focus on making chips out of 300 mm wafers of silicon and the aim is to roll out prototypes in the second half of this year.”
      “Microelectronics manufacturers create hundreds to thousands of chips simultaneously on large, thin wafers of silicon.”
silica
  1. Silicon dioxide.
  2. Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “An aerogel is a porous network of silica strands with diameters of a few nanometres.”
      “A recess is formed in the silica layer that is aligned with an active area within the semiconductor substrate.”
      “As the pH of water glass is lowered, colloidal particles of amorphous silica are formed.”
silicyne
  1. an allotrope of silicon, consisting of a long chain of silicon atoms linked together with either (1) disilene units [...=Si=Si=Si=...] or (2) disilyne units [...–Si≡Si–Si≡Si–... ]
silicoflagellate
  1. Any of many unicellular heterokont marine algae, of the order Dictyochales, that have a silica skeleton
silinaite
  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
silicosis
  1. (medicine) A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust. [from late 19th c.]
  2. Examples:
    1. “The breathing of coal and rock dust causes black lung, the common name given to the lung diseases pneumoconiosis and silicosis.”
      “He had worked in a brickyard for years and got silicosis from the dust in his lungs.”
      “For those that don't know, silicosis is an occupational lung disease that can be fatal.”
silicatein
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme used by sponges to capture silicate and build silica nanostructures
silicosiderosis
  1. A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of mixed dust containing silica and iron.
silicate
  1. (chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates
  2. Examples:
    1. “A new field allows searches on anionic groups such as silicate, phosphate, and carbonate.”
      “The most common phenocryst silicate phases are olivine, plagioclase and augite, typically, although not always, appearing in that order.”
      “Manufacturers may add wetting agents and other substances to their silicate products.”
silicide
  1. (inorganic chemistry) Any compound of silicon with a more electropositive element
  2. Examples:
    1. “The barrier may be a thin film containing at least one of a nitride, oxide, boride, silicide, carbide and aluminide.”
      “The new technology features a minimum number of process changes, such as strained silicon and a new nickel silicide, to shorten time to volume.”
      “The metal layer which is not transformed into a metal silicide overlying the dielectric spacers and shallow trench isolation regions is removed.”
silicalite
  1. (inorganic chemistry) A polymorph of silica having a structure analogous to the zeolites
silicization
  1. (chemistry) the conversion of something into, or the reaction of something with silicon or silica
silicification
silicomanganese
  1. An alloy consisting mainly of manganese and silicon.
silicoaluminophosphate
  1. (inorganic chemistry) A mixed silicate and aluminophosphate
silicisponge
  1. Any sponge having a silica skeleton
silicotuberculosis
  1. (pathology) silicosis-related tuberculosis.
silicisation
  1. Alternative spelling of silicization
silicium
  1. (obsolete) The non-metallic chemical element silicon.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Avoid sand crucibles, as silicium may be reduced and absorbed by the aluminum, inducing brittleness.”
      “Of these, silicium is the most usual, and there is probably no cast iron that does not contain a portion of it.”
      “These zoophytes extract from the sea water the lime and silicium which are found there in the state of soluble salts.”
silicononane
  1. (chemistry) silicon tetraethyl
silicatization
silicotic
  1. A person who has silicosis.
silicum
  1. (chemistry) silicon
silicoaluminophosphates
silicoflagellates
  1. plural of silicoflagellate
silicifications
silicizations
  1. plural of silicization
silicisponges
  1. plural of silicisponge
silicalites
  1. plural of silicalite
silicoses
  1. plural of silicosis
silicotics
  1. plural of silicotic
silicates
  1. plural of silicate
  2. Examples:
    1. “Moving beyond the Earth to the other terrestrial planets, we find that the rocks there are also dominantly silicates.”
      “Soluble silicates can be obtained by heating alkali metal carbonates and silica.”
      “The other two silicates are possibly an amphibole and a member of the smectite group.”
silicides
  1. plural of silicide
silicynes
  1. plural of silicyne
silicons
  1. plural of silicon
silicas
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