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organosilicon

organosilicon adjective: describing any of a series of derivatives of silicon that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon–silicon bond.

Adjective

organosilicon (not comparable)

  1. Describing any of a series of derivatives of silicon that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon–silicon bond.

Noun

organosilicon (plural organosilicons)

  1. Any compound of this kind.

Forms of organosilicon

Adjective
alternative formorgano-silicon
Noun
pluralorganosilicons

Origin of organosilicon

From organo- + silicon.

Questions about organosilicon

What does organosilicon mean?
Organosilicon means describing any of a series of derivatives of silicon that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon–silicon bond.
What part of speech is organosilicon?
Organosilicon can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near organosilicon in the dictionary

  1. organosilanols
  2. organosilene
  3. organosilenes
  4. organosilica
  5. organosilicas
  6. organosilicon
  7. organosilicons
  8. organosiloxane
  9. organosiloxanes
  10. organosilsesquioxane
  11. organosilsesquioxanes

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