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1. Silicon
   The material of which modern semiconductor devices are made.
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2. silicon
   [n] - a tetravalent nonmetallic element
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3. silicon
   The element used to make transistors and integrated circuits.
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4. Silicon
   Generally present as a silicate, these being found in many rocks, clays and soils. Silicon is obtained by reducing silica (sand, SiO2 ), with carbon. Further purification of the element for applications requiring high purity material (e.g. semi conductor devices) is achieved by zone refining, the re...
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5. Silicon
   A brittle, grey, crystalline chemical element which, in its pure state, serves as a semiconductor substrate in microelectronics. It is naturally found in compounds such as silicon dioxide.
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6. silicon
   A non-metallic element used in the semiconductor industry as a substrate for multiple layers of material, built to form transistors and integrated circuits. Silicon is grown from a crystal to form a cylinder shaped ‘log.` Slicing the logs into sections 1/40 of an inch thick creates bare wafers.
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7. silicon
   a non-metallic semiconductor element; used in single-crystal form in nearly all planar and monolithic integrated circuits Category: Electrical engineering and energy • chemical element:atomic number 14 Category: Chemistry • a silicon piece produced so that the surface constit...
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8. Silicon
   Light-sensitive substance which generates a minute current when exposed to light.
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9. Silicon
   Sil'i·con noun [ See Silica .] (Chemistry) 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 subs...
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10. silicon
    <chemistry, element> 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 i...
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11. silicon
    Si noun a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth`s crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
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12. silicon
    (Si) (sil´ĭ-kon) a chemical element, atomic number 14, atomic weight 28.086. silicon dioxide silica.
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13. Silicon
    • (n.) 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...
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14. silicon
    (Si), a nonmetallic chemical element in the carbon family (Group IVa of the periodic table). Silicon makes up 27.7 percent of the Earth`s crust; it ... [41 related articles]
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15. silicon
    Brittle, non-metallic element, atomic number 14, relative atomic mass 28.086. It is the second-most abundant element (after oxygen) in the Earth's crust and occurs in amorphous and crystalline forms. In nature it is found only in combination with other elements, chiefly with oxygen in silica (silicon dioxide, SiO₂...
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16. silicon
    1. (electronics) The material used as the base (or 'substrate') for most integrated circuits. 2. (jargon) Hardware, especially integrated circuits or microprocessor-based computer systems (compare iron). Contrast: software. See also sandbender. [Jargon File] (1996-05-28)
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17. Silicon
    A chemical element (Si), atomic number 14, semi-metallic in nature, dark gray, that is an excellent semiconducting material and is the most common semiconducting material used in making photovoltaic devices.
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18. Silicon
    Silicon (ən {respell|SIL|ə-kən} or n {respell|SIL|ə-kon}) is a chemical element with the symbol Si and atomic number 14. A tetravalent metalloid, it is less reactive than its chemical analog carbon, the nonmetal directly above it in the periodic table, but more reactive than germanium, the meta...
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19. Silicon
    A chemical element, of atomic number 14, that is semi-metallic, and an excellent semiconductor material used in solar photovoltaic devices; commonly found in sand.
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20. silicon
    (Si) A dark-gray, metalloid element, the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust (25.7% by mass). Silicon occurs in various forms including silicate minerals and quartz. It has a diamond-like crystal structure, although it can also exist in an amorphous state. Sil...
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21. silicon
    (Si) In the basic unit of a crystalline silicon solid, a silicon atom shares each of its four valence electrons with each of four neighboring atoms A chemical element with the atomic number 14 that is semimetallic in nature and dark gray. Silicon is the material m...
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22. silicon
    silicon, nonmetallic chemical element; symbol Si; at. no. 14; at. wt. 28.0855; m.p. 1,410°C; b.p. 2,355°C; sp. gr. 2.33 at 25°C; valence usually +4. Silicon is the element directly below carbon and above germanium in Group 14 of the periodic table. It is more metallic in its properties t...
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23. Silicon
    Silicon is a non-metallic element with the symbol Si.
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24. silicon
    (Si) Type: Term Pronunciation: sil′i-kon Definitions: 1. A nonmetallic element, atomic no. 14, atomic wt. 28.0855, occurring in nature as silica and silicates; in pure form, used as a semiconductor and in the manufacture of solar cells; also found in certain polysaccharide structures in mammary tissue.  ...
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