silicon

n. 矽

矽Si

學術名詞

• 矽：化學元素、地球科學、計量學、電機工程、礦冶工程、材料科學
• 矽鹽：獸醫學

英文釋義

1. a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors