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silole

silole noun: a five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one silicon atom and two double bonds; it is analogous to cyclopentadiene.

Noun

silole (plural siloles)

  1. A five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one silicon atom and two double bonds; it is analogous to cyclopentadiene

Forms of silole

pluralsiloles

Origin of silole

From sil(icon) + -ole.

Questions about silole

What does silole mean?
Silole means a five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one silicon atom and two double bonds; it is analogous to cyclopentadiene.
What part of speech is silole?
Silole is a noun.
What is the plural of silole?
The plural of silole is siloles.

Words near silole in the dictionary

  1. siloing
  2. siloisation
  3. siloism
  4. siloization
  5. silolane
  6. silole
  7. silolene
  8. silolenes
  9. siloles
  10. silolike
  11. silometer

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