SILICONS
Noun
silicons
plural of silicon
Source: Wiktionary
SILICON
Sil"i*con, n. Etym: [See Silica.] (Chem.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition