SILICIDE

silicide

(noun) any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

silicide (plural silicides)

(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of silicon with a more electropositive element

Source: Wiktionary


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



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