silicium
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of silicium
From New Latin, dating back to 1800–10; see origin at silica, -ium
Example Sentences
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It is intended to be the first member of a family of movements incorporating both the DIAMonSIL escapement and an adjustable oscillator fitted with a silicium hairspring.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2012
Before being forwarded to Tampa Town, the iron ore, smelted in the great furnaces of Goldspring, and put in contact with coal and silicium heated to a high temperature, was transformed into cast-iron.
From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules
A fifth melting of the cast iron renders it hard, brittle, and white, through oxidation of silicium and subsequent lowering of the amount of carbon.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 by Various
In the following year he announced that silica was the oxide of a hitherto unrecognized element, which he named silicium, considering it to be a metal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
The two elements to be avoided by the founder are silicium and sulphur.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 by Various
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