noun Etymology: New Latin silica + English -on (as in carbon) Date: 1817 a tetravalent nonmetallic element that occurs combined as the most abundant element next to oxygen in the earth's crust and is used especially in ferro~ for steelmaking, in other alloys, and in semiconductors
SILICON
Meaning of SILICON in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012