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silene

silene noun: a molecule containing a silicon atom which forms a double bond.

Noun (1)

silene (plural silenes)

  1. a molecule containing a silicon atom which forms a double bond
  2. an organosilene, a molecule containing a silicon atom doubly bonded to a carbon atom
  3. a silicon analog of alkenes containing at least one silicon-silicon double bond.

Noun (2)

silene (plural silenes)

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Silene.

silene meaning in Tamil and Arabic

silene in Tamil

செயற்கைநூல் மென் டினியர் துணிவகை

silene in Arabic

plant of the genus Silene
سِيلِينَة sīlīna

Forms of silene

pluralsilenes

Origin of silene

Borrowed from Translingual Silene.

Words formed from silene

Questions about silene

What does silene mean?
Silene means a molecule containing a silicon atom which forms a double bond.
What is silene in Tamil?
Silene in Tamil is செயற்கைநூல் மென் டினியர் துணிவகை. See Silene meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is silene?
Silene is a noun.
What is the plural of silene?
The plural of silene is silenes.

Words near silene in the dictionary

  1. silencers
  2. silences
  3. silencing
  4. silencings
  5. silency
  6. silene
  7. sileneoside
  8. silenes
  9. sileni
  10. silenic
  11. silenoside

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Adapted from Wiktionary: silene (page history and authors); silene (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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