Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dichlorosilane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dichlorosi-lane
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The gas SiH₂Cl₂ that is used to grow silicon nitride crystals for semiconductors

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From dichloro + silane.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dichlorosilanes (plural)

Questions

What does dichlorosilane mean?: The gas SiH₂Cl₂ that is used to grow silicon nitride crystals for semiconductors
Where does dichlorosilane come from?: From dichloro + silane.

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