silane

[ sil-eyn ]

/ ˈsɪl eɪn /

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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.

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Origin of silane

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

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How to use silane in a sentence

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Medical definitions for silane

silane

[ sĭl′ān′ ]

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