As nouns the difference between silicon and potassium
is that silicon is silicone while potassium is a soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol'' k) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 390983 the symbol is derived from the latin ''kalium .
silicon
Etymology 1
From the stem of (etyl) .
Noun
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(chemistry) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
Usage notes
Do not confuse silicon' with ' silicone .
Synonyms
* silicium (obsolete), silicum (obsolete)
Derived terms
* Cwm Silicon
* ekasilicon
* ferrosilicon
* float-zone silicon
* lithium-drifted silicon detector
* silico-
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* silicon alkoxide
* Silicon Alley
* silicon-based
* silicon carbide
* silicon chip
* silicon controlled rectifier
* silicon dioxide
* silicon ester
* Silicon Fen
* Silicon Forest
* silicon germanide
* silicon germanium
* Silicon Glen
* Silicon Hills
* silicon hydride
* silicon iron
* siliconise, siliconize
* silicon oxide
* silicon photonics
* Silicon Prairie
* Silicon Sentier
* silicon steel
* silicon tetrachloride
* silicon tetrafluoride
* Silicon Valley
* Silicon Wadi
* silicon wafer
* strained silicon
Related terms
* silane
* silex
* silica
* silicate
* silice
* siliceous, silicious
* silici-
* silicic
* siliciferous
* silicified
* silicify
* silicisation, silicization
* silico-
* silicone
* silicosis
* silicotic
See also
* agate
* amethyst
* asbestos
* clay
* feldspar
* flint
* glass
* granite
* hornblende
* jasper
* mica
* opal
* quartz
* rock crystal
* sand
Etymology 2
From the silicon chips used in computers
Noun
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(slang) computing
(slang) computer processor
potassium
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A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol'' K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin ''kalium .
Derived terms
(terms derived from "potassium")
* bismuthide of potassium
* bromide of potassium
* carbonate of potassium
* chromate of potassium
* hydrogen potassium carbonate
* monopotassium
* plumbate of potassium
* potassamide
* potassic
* potassio-
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* potassium acetate
* potassium acid carbonate
* potassium aluminate
* potassium aluminum sulfate, potassium aluminium sulphate
* potassium antimonyl tartrate
* potassium-argon dating
* potassium bentonite
* potassium benzoate
* potassium bicarbonate
* potassium bifluoride
* potassium bisulfate
* potassium bromate
* potassium bromide
* potassium carbonate
* potassium channel
* potassium chlorate
* potassium chloride
* potassium chromate
* potassium cyanide
* potassium deficiency
* potassium dichromate
* potassium feldspar
* potassium ferrate
* potassium ferricyanide
* potassium ferrocyanide
* potassium fluoborate
* potassium fluoride
* potassium fluosilicate
* potassium fluorotantalate
* potassium fluorotitanate
* potassium fulminate
* potassium gluconate
* potassium glutamate
* potassium glycerophosphate
* potassium gold chloride
* potassium gold cyanide
* potassium hexafluoroaluminate
* potassium hexafluoroantimonate
* potassium hexafluoroarsenate
* potassium humate
* potassium hydrate
* potassium hydride
* potassium hydrogen carbonate
* potassium hydroxide
* potassium iodate
* potassium iodide
* potassium iodohydrargyrate
* potassium linoleate
* potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate
* potassium manganate
* potassium manganite
* potassium metabisulfite
* potassium nitrate
* potassium nitrite
* potassium osmate
* potassium oxalate
* potassium oxide
* potassium percarbonate
* potassium perchlorate
* potassium periodate
* potassium permanganate
* potassium peroxide
* potassium persulfate
* potassium perxenate
* potassium phosphate
* potassium platinocyanide
* potassium plumbate
* potassium salt
* potassium selective electrode
* potassium silicate
* potassium sorbate
* potassium stannate
* potassium stannite
* potassium sulfate, potassium sulphate
* potassium thiocyanate
* potassium titanyl phosphate
* potassium vanadate
* potassium xanthate
* potassium zirconium fluoride
Related terms
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* potash
* potass
* potassa
References
* Potassa'' and ''Potassium'' in the ''Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
See also
* carnallite
* langbeinite
* polyhalite
* potash
* saltpeter, saltpetre
* sylvite
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