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silicium

American  
[suh-lish-ee-uhm, suh-lis-] / səˈlɪʃ i əm, səˈlɪs- /

noun

  1. silicon.


silicium British  
/ sɪˈlɪsɪəm /

noun

  1. a rare name for silicon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of silicium

From New Latin, dating back to 1800–10; silica, -ium

Example Sentences

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It is intended to be the first member of a family of movements incorporating both the DIAMonSIL escapement and an adjustable oscillator fitted with a silicium hairspring.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2012

Iron obtained from the ores by means of coal, is, under circumstances of equality in other respects, more likely to be combined with silicium than when made with charcoal.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

If the hydrofluoric acid contains a small quantity of water, either by accident or design, there is always disengaged at the positive pole ozone, which has no action on crystallized silicium.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various

Before being forwarded to Tampa Town, the iron ore, smelted in the great furnaces of Goldspring, and put in contact with coal and silicium heated to a high temperature, was transformed into cast-iron.

From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules

The increase in tensile strength was accompanied by a loss of silicium, graphite, and manganese coupled with a simultaneous augmentation of combined carbon.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 by Various