[sil-eyn] 
| 1. | Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH4, soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices. |
| 2. | any of a class of silicon hydrides analogous to the alkanes. |
| sil·ane (sĭl'ān') n. Any of a group of silicon hydrides having the general formula SiH that are analogous to the paraffin hydrocarbons. [sil(icon) + (meth)ane.] |
silane sil·ane (sĭl'ān')
n.
Any of a group of highly reactive hydrocarbons containing tetravalent silicon instead of carbon.
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