silicon

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/ˈsɪlɪkən/

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ.

advanced, big, considered, isolated, most, semiconductor, solar

The most advanced silicon chips are now being produced in Taiwan and South Korea.

VERB + SILICON

become, edge, form, produces, shot, works

The new technology produces silicon wafers that are thinner and more efficient than ever before.

SILICON + NOUN

asia, ceos, crystal, home, india, ingots, roundabout, valley

Silicon Valley has attracted tech CEOs from around the world for decades.

PREP.

from, from, in, with

Solar panels are made from silicon and convert sunlight into electrical energy.

ADV.

hence, instead

The computer chip was made of silicon instead of the older materials they used before.

Definitions

noun

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 fashion, but at appreciably higher temperatures, i.e., at approximately 600° C in silicon and 400° C in germanium.

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.

A single atom of this element.

noun

Computing.

A computer processor.

Abbreviation of silicon chip.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a tetravalent nonmetallic element

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

Powders of aluminium, magnesium, silicon, etc. explode.

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Silicon Valley is not my hometown.

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Silicon Roundabout is home to a large number of IT start-ups.

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Silicon is a semiconductor.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, silicon is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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