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SILICIDE

Dictionary entry overview: What does silicide mean?

• SILICIDE (noun)
The noun SILICIDE has 1 sense:

1. any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical

Familiarity information: SILICIDE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SILICIDE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("silicide" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

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