Siloxane Definition

sĭ-lŏksān, sī-
noun
Any of a class of compounds, varying from liquids to hard resins, whose molecules are composed of chains of alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, usually with hydrogen or hydrocarbon groups attached to the free valences of the silicon atoms.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Siloxane

Noun

Singular:
siloxane
Plural:
siloxanes

Origin of Siloxane

  • from silicon + oxygen + alkane

    From Wiktionary

  • sil(icon) ox(ygen) –ane

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

SSISIL

Words Ending With

ENEANE

Unscrambles

siloxane

Words Starting With S and Ending With E

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