Meanings
nounsilicon oxide (plural silicon oxides)
plural silicon oxides
- chemistrysilicon dioxide (SiO₂), silica.
- chemistrysilicon monoxide (SiO).
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
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