имя существительное [химия] кремний
кремний полупроводниковый материал (14-й элемент в периодической таблице, атомный вес 28,09), широко используемый в производстве микросхем Смотри также: gallium arsenide, germanium, silicon technology, SOI
1) кремний, Si 2) полупроводник
noun Etymology: New Latin silica + English -on (as in carbon) 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 ferrosilicon for steelmaking, in other alloys, and in semiconductors — see element table
1. The material used as the base (or "substrate") for most integrated circuits. 2. Hardware, especially integrated circuits or microprocessor-based computer systems (compare iron). Contrast: software. See also sandbender.