| NOUN | substance | silicone, silicone polymer | any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures |
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| Sounds | sih'lahkow.n | |
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| Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... | |
| Meaning | Any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation. | |
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| Synonym | silicone polymer | |
| Narrower | bouncing putty | A soft elastic silicone polymer that increases in elasticity with the application of force |
| Broader | polymer | A naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers |
| siloxane | Any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms | |
| Substances | silicon, Si, atomic number 14 | A tetravalent nonmetallic element |
| Spanish | polímero de silicona, silicio, silicona | |
| Catalan | silicona | |
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