silole

S1I1L1O1L1E1

noun

A five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one silicon atom and two double bonds; it is analogous to cyclopentadiene

OriginEnglish sil(icon) ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem →
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Meanings

nounsilole (plural siloles)

plural siloles

  1. chemistryA five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one silicon atom and two double bonds; it is analogous to cyclopentadiene

Origin

  1. Latinsilex
  2. New Latinsilicium
  3. Englishsilicium
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  5. Latincarbōnem
  6. Frenchcarbone
  7. Englishcarbonbf.
  8. Englishsil(icon)
  9. Englishsilole

From sil(icon) + -ole.

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Anagrams

soleil
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APA

silole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silole

MLA

“silole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silole. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silole.

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