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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: siliconMain Entry: sil·i·con Pronunciation: \ˈsi-li-kən, ˈsi-lə-ˌkän\ Function: noun Etymology: New Latin silica + English -on (as in carbon) Date: 1817 : a tetravalent nonmetallic element that occurs combined as the most abundant element next to oxygen in the earth's crust and is used especially in ferrosilicon for steelmaking, in other alloys, and in semiconductors — see element table 
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