'silico-methane' definitions:
Definition of 'silico-methane'
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- 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]