Definitions for silicon

silicon sil·i·con

Spelling: [sil-i-kuh n, -kon]
IPA: /ˈsɪl ɪ kən, -ˌkɒn/

Silicon is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in silicon (ciilnos).

Definitions for silicon

noun

  1. a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.

Origin of silicon

1817; silic(a) + -on, as in carbon and boron

Examples for silicon

South of silicon Valley, an entire town is being deformed, slowly, by plate tectonics.

Of these silicon fluoride is the most familiar and interesting.

Their pseudo-flesh is composed mainly of silicon and fluorine.

In silicon Valley proper, that number increases to $108,603, marking a 7.2 percent year-over-year increase.

Normally Democratic silicon Valley opened up its wallets to the Republicans this time out.

One of the best of these is a mixture of iron and silicon, called ferro-silicon.

Greer is a young, entrepreneurial, poker-loving Texan who ended up in silicon Valley.

I guess we understand each other, so you and he had better start for the silicon.

This variety is composed of the oxides of aluminium and silicon with lime.

A brilliant silicon Valley entrepreneur may have found a way to get dark money out of politics without changing any laws.

Word Value for silicon
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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