Silicon

Definition:

  • (n.) A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium.

Compare silicon with other words:

carbon vs. silicon

silicon vs. silver

fluosilicic vs. silicon

protosilicate vs. silicon

silicon vs. unisilicate

silicon vs. tephroite

scolecite vs. silicon

roscoelite vs. silicon

humite vs. silicon

homilite vs. silicon

halloysite vs. silicon

cronstedtite vs. silicon

pimelite vs. silicon

danalite vs. silicon

epistilbite vs. silicon

edenite vs. silicon

davyne vs. silicon

silene vs. silicon

metasilicate vs. silicon

silicide vs. silicon

metalloid vs. silicon

dope vs. silicon

sand vs. silicon

quartz vs. silicon

opal vs. silicon

mica vs. silicon

jasper vs. silicon

granite vs. silicon

hornblende vs. silicon

glass vs. silicon

flint vs. silicon

feldspar vs. silicon

clay vs. silicon

asbestos vs. silicon

agate vs. silicon

amethyst vs. silicon

silicified vs. silicon

silicify vs. silicon

siliciferous vs. silicon

silicic vs. silicon

silicious vs. silicon

siliceous vs. silicon

silica vs. silicon

silicate vs. silicon

silex vs. silicon

ekasilicon vs. silicon

silicium vs. silicon

element vs. silicon

nonmetallic vs. silicon