silicone
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1. 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 (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | polymer, |
| definition | : | a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers (noun.substance) |
| hypernym | : | siloxane, |
| definition | : | any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | bouncing putty, |
| definition | : | a soft elastic silicone polymer that increases in elasticity with the application of force; used in the center of golf balls and as shock-absorbent padding (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | atomic number 14, si, silicon, |
| definition | : | a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors (noun.substance) |
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