Silicide

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Silicide \Sil"i*cide\, n. (Chem.)
     A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  silicide
       n : any of various compounds of silicon with a more
           electropositive element or radical