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English noun: silicon

1. silicon (substance) a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors


Synonymsatomic number 14, Si


Broader (hypernym)chemical element, element, semiconducting material, semiconductor


Substance meronymclay, feldspar, felspar, granite, quartz, sand, silicone, silicone polymer









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