Meaning of SILICIDE
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sil"i*cide\, n. (Chem.)
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}.
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