silicon
/ˈsɪlɪkən//ˈsɪləˌkɑn/
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silicon noun: a nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855. Also the abbreviation of silicon chip.
Noun (1)
silicon (usually uncountable, plural silicons)
- A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
- The isolated disordered regions and the amorphous layer have widely different anneal behavior. In the case of germanium and silicon, the isolated disordered regions anneal at moderate temperatures of approximately 200° and 300° C, respectively. The amorphous layers also anneal in a characteristic...1970, James W[alter] Mayer, Lennart Eriksson, John A[rthur] Davies, “General Features of Ion Implantation”, in Ion Implantation in Semiconductors: Silicon and Germanium, New York, N.Y.: Academic...
- His idea is to stand billions of ultrafine wire loops around the edge of a silicon chip — hence the name racetrack — and use electric current to slide infinitesimally small magnets up and down along each of the wires to be read and written as digital ones and zeros.2007 September 11, John Markoff, “Redefining the Architecture of Memory”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020
Noun (2)
silicon (uncountable)
Also used as
silicon is also the abbreviation of silicon chip.
silicon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
silicon in Hindi
- non-metallic element
- सैकता saiktā
silicon in Tamil
- non-metallic element
- சிலிக்கான் cilikkāṉ
silicon in Marathi
- non-metallic element
- सिलिकॉन silikŏn
silicon in Urdu
- سلکان
More languagesFewer languages
- silicon in Bengali
- সিলিকান
- silicon in Telugu
- సిలికాన్ silikān
- silicon in Malayalam
- സിലിക്കണ് silikkaṇ
- silicon in Kannada
- ಸಿಲಿಕಾನ್ silikān
- silicon in Punjabi
- ਸਿਲੀਕੋਨ silīkon
- silicon in Gujarati
- સિલિકોન silikon, સૈકતા saiktā
- silicon in Odia
- ସିଲିକନ, ସିଲିକନ୍
- silicon in Sanskrit
- सैकतीय saikatīya
- silicon in Nepali
- सिलिकन
- silicon in Tagalog
- silisyo
- silicon in Arabic
- سِيلِيكُون m or سِلِكُون sīlīkūn
- silicon in Malay
- silikon
- silicon in Indonesian
- silikon, zat pasir
- silicon in Persian
- سیلیسیم silisyom
- silicon in Thai
- ซิลิคอน sí-lí-kɔ̂n
- silicon in Vietnamese
- silic
Examples of silicon in a sentence
- The most important and most expensive part of any solar cell is a silicon plate.
- The silicon was doped with boron to make a p-type semiconductor.
- Integrated circuits are made from semiconductors, especially silicon.
Synonyms of silicon
Forms of silicon
| plural | silicons |
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Origin of silicon
Coined by Scottish chemist Thomas Thomson as a modification of the earlier name silicium, from the stem of Latin silex (“flint, silica”) + -on from carbon.
From the silicon chips used in computers.
Words formed from silicon
- cuprosilicon
- Cwm Silicon
- disilicon
- ekasilicon
- ferrosilicon
- float-zone silicon
- lithium-drifted silicon detector
- nanosilicon
- nonsilicon
- organosilicon
- polysilicon
- radiosilicon
- silicene
- silician
- silicide
- silico-
- silicon-28
- silicon-29
- silicon-30
- silicon alkoxide
- Silicon Alley
- silicon-based
- silicon bronze
- silicon burning
- silicon carbide
- silicon chip
- silicon-controlled rectifier
- silicon controlled rectifier
- silicon copper
- silicon curtain
- silicon dioxide
- silicon disk
- Silicon Dreams
- silicon ester
- Silicon Fen
- Silicon Forest
- silicon germanide
- silicon germanium
- Silicon Glen
- Silicon Hills
- silicon hydride
- silicon iron
- siliconise
- siliconize
- Siliconite
- siliconlike
- silicon monoxide
- silicon nitride
- silicon oxide
- silicon oxycarbide
- silicon photonics
- silicon planet
- Silicon Prairie
- Silicon Roundabout
- silicon rubber
- Silicon Sentier
- silicon shield
- silicon spiegel
- silicon steel
- silicon tet
Phrases with silicon
- Silicon Wadi
- Silicon Beach
- silicon chips
- silicon disks
- Silicon Docks
- Silicon Gorge
- silicon irons
- silicon wafer
- silicon esters
- Silicon Mallee
- silicon oxides
- Silicon Slopes
26 more phrasesFewer phrases
- silicon steels
- Silicon Valley
- silicon wafers
- silicon bronzes
- silicon lottery
- silicon planets
- Silicon Valleys
- silicon carbides
- silicon hydrides
- silicon nitrides
- Silicon Savannah
- strained silicon
- silicon alkoxides
- silicon lotteries
- silicon germanides
- silicon tetrabromide
- Silicon Valley North
- silicon tetrachloride
- silicon tetrafluoride
- Mexican Silicon Valley
- Silicon Valley of India
- silicon oxycarbide glass
- Silicon Valley of Europe
- Silicon Valley of Sweden
- Silicon Valley of the East Coast
- lithium-drifted silicon detectors
Questions about silicon
- What does silicon mean?
- Silicon means a nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
- What is silicon in Hindi?
- Silicon in Hindi is सैकता (saiktā). See Silicon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is silicon?
- Silicon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce silicon?
- Silicon is pronounced /ˈsɪlɪkən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of silicon?
- The plural of silicon is silicons.
Words near silicon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: silicon (page history and authors); silicon (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silicon (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silicon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silicon (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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