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silician

silician adjective: containing silicon (especially when this replaces another element).

Adjective

silician (not comparable)

  1. Containing silicon (especially when this replaces another element).

Origin of silician

From silicon + -ian.

Questions about silician

What does silician mean?
Silician means containing silicon (especially when this replaces another element).
What part of speech is silician?
Silician is an adjective.

Words near silician in the dictionary

  1. silicenes
  2. siliceous
  3. siliceousness
  4. silices
  5. silici-
  6. silician
  7. silicic
  8. silicic acid
  9. silicic acids
  10. silicicalcareous
  11. siliciclastic

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