Meanings
adjective
- Based on silicon.
silicon-based life
1 more example
Core samples rich with the fossils of simple silicon-based organisms indicate Therum was more habitable in the past than it is at present.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Therum, Knossos System
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