[si-lok-seyn] 
| any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R2SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen. |
| si·lox·ane (sĭ-lŏk'sān', sī-) n. Any of a class of organic or inorganic chemical compounds of silicon, oxygen, and usually carbon and hydrogen, based on the structural unit R2SiO, where R is an alkyl group, usually methyl. [sil(icon) + ox(ygen) + (meth)ane.] |
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