silicon carbide
silicon carbide · silicon carbides
A binary compound of silicon and carbon, SiCA binary compound of silicon and carbon, SiC; it is one of the hardest known materials, and is used as an abrasive, under the trade name Carborundum, and as a refractory material.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A binary compound of silicon and carbon, SiC; it is one of the hardest known materials, and is used as an abrasive, under the trade name Carborundum, and as a refractory material.
an extremely hard blue-black crystalline compound (SiC) used as an abrasive and a heat refractory material; crystals of silicon carbide can be used as semiconductors
Forms
plural: silicon carbides| Singular | silicon carbide |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedcrystolon
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable