silicon

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Noun silicon has 1 sense

silicon, Si, atomic number 14 - 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
--₁ is a kind of chemical element, element; semiconductor, semiconducting material
--₁ is a substance of
silicone, silicone polymer; clay; feldspar, felspar; granite; quartz; sand

silicate siliceous silicic silicic acid silicide silicious silicle silicon-gel silicon silicon bronze silicon carbide silicon chip silicon dioxide silicon oxide silicon valley silicone-based silicone-filled

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