Thesaurus: silicide

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1. n. A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary.
2. n. any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical
3. A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. [R.] Hydrogen silicide (Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously inflammable gas, SiH4, produced artifically from silicon, and analogous to methane; -- called also silico-methane, silicon hydride, and formerly siliciureted hydrogen.
4. A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. [R.]Hydrogen silicide (Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously inflammablegas, SiH4, produced artifically from silicon, and analogous tomethane; -- called also silico-methane, silicon hydride, and formerlysiliciureted hydrogen.
5. n any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical