SILICIDE
silicide
(noun) any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical
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Etymology
Noun
silicide (plural silicides)
(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of silicon with a more electropositive element
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Sil"i*cide, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. [R.]
Hydrogen silicide (Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously inflammable
gas, SiH4, produced artifically from silicon, and analogous to
methane; -- called also silico-methane, silicon hydride, and formerly
siliciureted hydrogen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition