SILOXANE
siloxane
(noun) any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
from silicon + oxygen + alkane
Noun
siloxane (plural siloxanes)
(chemistry) Any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring), typically with organic side chains
Source: Wiktionary
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