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noun
A five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one silicon atom and two double bonds; it is analogous to cyclopentadiene
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Latin silex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium New Latin siliciumlbor. English silicium English -on English sil(icon) English -ole English silole From sil(icon) + -ole.
