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siloxane

siloxane · siloxanes

Any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms,…Any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring), typically with organic side chains

Meaning

1 senses

Any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring), typically with organic side chains
any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms

Origin

from silicon + oxygen + alkane

from silicon + oxygen + alkane

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Forms

plural: siloxanes

Singular	siloxane
Plural	siloxanes

regular

Word family

16 related words

Derivedcyclosiloxane dimethylsiloxane disiloxane hexasiloxane methylpolysiloxane methylsiloxane octasiloxane oligosiloxane organosiloxane pentasiloxane polydimethylsiloxane polysiloxane polyvinylsiloxane stannoxane tetrasiloxane trisiloxane

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

sillyA2 silo silt silverA2

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