Hypertext Webster Gateway: "silicide"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Silicide \Sil"i*cide\, n. (Chem.)
A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. [R.]
{Hydrogen silicide} (Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously
inflammable gas, {SiH4}, produced artifically from
silicon, and analogous to methane; -- called also
{silico-methane}, {silicon hydride}, and formerly
{siliciureted hydrogen}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
silicide
n : any of various compounds of silicon with a more
electropositive element or radical
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