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silicon shield

silicon shield noun: the protection from military aggression believed to be afforded to Taiwan by its dominance in the global production of advanced semiconductor chips.

Noun

silicon shield

  1. The protection from military aggression believed to be afforded to Taiwan by its dominance in the global production of advanced semiconductor chips.

Origin of silicon shield

From silicon (“a key material in semiconductors”) + shield.

Questions about silicon shield

What does silicon shield mean?
Silicon shield means the protection from military aggression believed to be afforded to Taiwan by its dominance in the global production of advanced semiconductor chips.
What part of speech is silicon shield?
Silicon shield is a noun.

Words near silicon shield in the dictionary

  1. Silicon Prairie
  2. Silicon Roundabout
  3. silicon rubber
  4. Silicon Savannah
  5. Silicon Sentier
  6. silicon shield
  7. Silicon Slopes
  8. silicon spiegel
  9. silicon steel
  10. silicon steels
  11. silicon tet

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