English Explanatory Dictionary

siloxane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring), typically with organic side chains

Word forms

siloxane siloxanes

Etymology

from silicon + oxygen + alkane

Derived words

cyclosiloxane dimethylsiloxane disiloxane heterosiloxane hexasiloxane methylpolysiloxane methylsiloxane octasiloxane oligosiloxane organosiloxane pentasiloxane polydimethylsiloxane polysiloxane polyvinylsiloxane stannoxane tetrasiloxane trisiloxane
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