silane

[sil-eyn]

noun Chemistry.

Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH4, soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
any of a class of silicon hydrides analogous to the alkanes.

Origin of silane

< German Silan (1916); see silicon, -ane

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Nam profecto aut metus aut injuria te subegit, Silane, consulem designatum, genus poenae novum decernere.
De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino
Caius Sallustii Crispi (Sallustius)

silane in Medicine

(sĭl′ān′)

Any of a group of highly reactive hydrocarbons containing tetravalent silicon instead of carbon.