SILICONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silicone mean? 

• SILICONE (noun)
  The noun SILICONE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SILICONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILICONE (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

silicone; silicone polymer

Hypernyms ("silicone" is a kind of...):

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)

Meronyms (substance of "silicone"):

atomic number 14; Si; silicon (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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "silicone"):

bouncing putty (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)

 Context examples 

Children affected by toxins may be due to silicone breast implants and their effects on unborn children and from breastfeeding.

(Child Intoxication With Breast Implant Material Ingredients, Food and Drug Administration)

Esophageal stents are made of metal mesh, plastic, or silicone, and may be used in the treatment of esophageal cancer.

(Esophageal stent, NCI Dictionary)

The first spray is made of molecularly grafted polymers, specifically polydimethylsiloxane silicone, as resembling human hairs — though vastly thinner — once it has dried on the target surface, which makes the surface very smooth.

(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)

A silicone gel-filled or saline-filled sac placed under the chest muscle to restore breast shape.

(Breast implant, NCI Dictionary)

Cells are held in a clear microfluidic chamber made of silicone.

(Scientists say new medical diagnostic chip can sort cells anywhere with an inkjet, Wikinews)

Some women choose to have breast implants, which are filled with saline or silicone gel.

(Breast Reconstruction, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

The term refers particularly, to thermoplastic and thermosetting resins, poly-siloxanes, polymers associated with restorative materials; ionic polymers, silicones, polymethylmethacrylate, BIS-GMA, reinforced polymers, composites, metals, cements, dental porcelains, etc.

(Dental Material, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

The second spray covers the target surface in silicone lubricant.

(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)