Meaning

2 senses
  1. Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), silica.

  2. Silicon monoxide (SiO).

More definitions
  • a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite

Forms

plural: silicon oxides
Singularsilicon oxide
Pluralsilicon oxides

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite:silicasilicon dioxide

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