'Silicide' definitions:
Definition of 'silicide'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical
Definition of 'Silicide'
From: GCIDE
- Silicide \Sil"i*cide\, n. (Chem.) A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Hydrogen silicide (Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously inflammable gas, SiH4, produced artifically from silicon, and analogous to methane; -- called also silico-methane, silicon hydride, and formerly siliciureted hydrogen. [1913 Webster]