silicon carbide

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noun Chemistry.

a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.

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Origin of silicon carbide

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby silicon carbide

silicify, silicium, silicle, silicon, Silicon Alley, silicon carbide, silicon chip, silicon-controlled rectifier, silicon dioxide, silicone, silicone rubber

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How to use silicon carbide in a sentence

A brilliant Silicon Valley entrepreneur may have found a way to get dark money out of politics without changing any laws.
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Greer is a young, entrepreneurial, poker-loving Texan who ended up in Silicon Valley.
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In Silicon Valley proper, that number increases to $108,603, marking a 7.2 percent year-over-year increase.
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Normally Democratic Silicon Valley opened up its wallets to the Republicans this time out.
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South of Silicon Valley, an entire town is being deformed, slowly, by plate tectonics.
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The one marking the carbide was blown away, and it was two days before Dovers finally unearthed it.
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Thus far carbide has been found industrially valuable for two other purposes.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
If the use of carbide on a large scale substantiates the claims made for it, this is a discovery of vast importance.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
In electric furnaces the formation of carbide depends simply on the heat of the arc, which fuses the mixture of lime and coke.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
With the present prices of alcohol, sugar, and carbide, these processes have no commercial value.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various

British Dictionary definitions for silicon carbide

silicon carbide

noun

an extremely hard bluish-black insoluble crystalline substance produced by heating carbon with sand at a high temperature and used as an abrasive and refractory material. Silicon carbide whiskers have a high tensile strength and are used in composites; very pure crystals are used as semiconductors. Formula: SiC

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