Alternative spelling of silicone rubber

(slang) The porn industry of San Fernando Valley. / Misspelling of Silicon Valley.

(informal) Originally, the region of the San Francisco Bay Area in which there are a high number of industries producing silicon chips; later extended to mean the entire concentration of high-tech businesses in this area.

The technology discipline related to production of optical switching electronic devices using integrated circuit manufacturing technology

(chemistry) A binary compound of silicon and carbon, SiC; it is one of the hardest known materials, and is used as an abrasive, under the trade name Carborundum, and as a refractory material.

(chemistry) An inorganic polymer, of empirical formula Si₃N₄, used in ceramics and some transistors.

(physics, astronomy) the nucleosynthesis process, in stars where temperatures exceed 3x10⁹K, in which silicon undergoes photodisintegration to form fragments which in turn produce elements of atomic number up to 60, peaking at iron

(chemistry) Any hydride of silicon; a silane.

plural of silicone / (informal, uncommon) Breasts that have been enhanced or reconstructed with silicone breast implants.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of silicone