Silicon Synonyms

sĭlĭ-kən, -kŏn
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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. si
  2. atomic number 14

Words Related to Silicon

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. periodic-table
  2. semiconductor
  3. silicon-based
  4. silicon germanium
  5. semi-conductor
  6. thin film
  7. gallium
  8. metal-oxide
  9. sige

Silicon Sentence Examples

  • The results of Berzelius were greatly extended by Hermann Kopp, who recognized that carbon, boron and silicon were exceptions to the law.

  • Scheele had done, and because he was employing a glass vessel he got "fluor acid air" (silicon fluoride).

  • It burns when brought into contact with chlorine, forming silicon chloride and hydrochloric acid.

  • Silicon fluoroform, SiHF 3, was obtained by 0.

  • Silicofluoric acid, H2SiF6, is obtained as shown above, and also by the action of sulphuric acid on barium silicofluoride, or by absorbing silicon fluoride in aqueous hydrofluoric acid.

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