silicon.

The chemical element used widely in semiconductor devices, occurring naturally chiefly in compounds rather than pure form.

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Words that belong together

• silicon wafer
• silicon chip

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The silicon wafer reflected the inspection lamp.

A defect in the silicon chip explained the intermittent failure.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.