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silicon carbide |
silicon chip |
silicon dioxide |
silicon oxide |
silicon valley |
silicone
| silicone polymer
| silicone resin
| silicone rubber
| silicosis
| silicotungstic
silicone
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun silicone has 1 sense
- silicone(n = noun.substance) silicone polymer - any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation; Array has particulars: bouncing putty
is a kind of polymer, siloxane
OXFORD DICTIONARY
silicone, n. any of the many polymeric organic compounds of silicon and oxygen with high resistance to cold, heat, water, and the passage of electricity.
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