silicone

See also: Silicone and siliconé

EnglishEdit

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silicone

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EtymologyEdit

silicon +‎ -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlɪkəʊn/
Audio (Southern England)
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NounEdit

silicone (countable and uncountable, plural silicones)

(chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts.
- 2008, Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap, London: Atlantic Books, page 93:
  [H]e had little time or respect for the rich skip bitches who were his neighbours, useless fake-tanned women with plastic smiles and silicone tits who spent their husbands' money on afternoon teas, endless shopping and personal trainers.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

any of a class of inert compounds of silicon

Catalan: silicona f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 硅氧樹脂, 硅氧树脂 (guīyǎng shùzhī), 矽氧樹脂, 矽氧树脂 (xīyǎng shùzhī), 硅酮 (guītóng), 矽酮 (xītóng)
Czech: silikon (cs) m
Danish: silikone c
Dutch: silicone (nl) n
Finnish: silikoni (fi)
French: silicone (fr) m
German: Silikon (de) n
Hungarian: szilikon (hu)
Irish: sileacón m

Italian: silicone (it) m
Japanese: シリコーン (shirikōn)
Korean: 실리콘 (sillikon)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: silikon (no) n

Nynorsk: silikon n
Portuguese: silicone (pt) m
Romanian: silicon (ro) m
Russian: силикон (ru) m (silikon)
Spanish: silicona (es) f
Swedish: silikon (sv) n or c
Turkish: silikon (tr)

VerbEdit

silicone (third-person singular simple present silicones, present participle siliconing, simple past and past participle siliconed)

(transitive) To join or treat (something) with a silicone-based product.
silicone the bathtub to the tile
- 1984, United States National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 963:
  Structural glazing or siliconing of window units is, according to Donald F. Kelly, Jr., president of AMPAT, the bonding of glass to a metal frame.
(informal, transitive) To enhance or reconstruct (a body part) with a prosthesis containing silicone.
- 2011, Natasha Walter, Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism, page 27:
  The next girl, with huge, perfectly spherical, siliconed breasts perched high on her slender chest, got the loudest roar. ‘Oh, there are two things I like about her!’ shouted the DJ. ‘How about you, boys?’