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silicon

/'sɪləkən/

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noun
a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
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atomic number 14 si

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semiconducting material semiconductor element chemical element

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