单词 | silicon valley |
释义 | Silicon Valleynounthe area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated. Origin of Silicon ValleySo called from the silicon wafers employed in semiconductor devices Words nearby Silicon ValleySilicon Glen, siliconized, silicon rectifier, silicon tetrachloride, silicon tetrafluoride, Silicon Valley, silicoproteinosis, silicosiderosis, silicosis, silicotuberculosis, silicula Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Silicon ValleySilicon Valley nounan industrial strip in W California, extending S of San Francisco, in which the US information technology industry is concentrated any area in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Silicon ValleySilicon Valley A region on the San Francisco Peninsula in California where the miniaturized electronics industry is centered, so called because most of the devices built there are made of semiconductors such as silicon. notes for Silicon ValleyThe term is often used as a catchword to describe the development of high-tech industry (see also high-tech): “If we can attract this corporation to our town, we could become another Silicon Valley.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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