Meaning

1 senses
  1. (obsolete, uncountable)The chemical element silicon.

Origin

Learned borrowing from New Latin silicium, from Latin silex (“flint”) + -ium. Coined by Br

Learned borrowing from New Latin silicium, from Latin silex (“flint”) + -ium. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808.

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