in silico
/ɪn ˈsɪlɪkəʊ
/adjective & adverb
(Of scientific experiments or research) conducted or produced by means of computer modelling or computer simulation: [as adjective]: in silico analysis of the human genome [adverb]: students who are too squeamish to dissect a frog can perform the procedure in silico...
- This in silico approach would be helpful in ranking textile dyes of the different classes based on their binding affinities.
- In silico strategies can be used to investigate the potential roles of a mutation on, for instance, protein stability.
- In silico propagation of the charged particles yielded passage time values that are compatible with the measured average passage time of ions.
Origin
1980s: Latin, literally 'in silicon' (with reference to the use of silicon chips in computer systems), on the pattern of in vitro and in vivo.
- electro-osmotic
- electropaint
- electropainting
- electropathic
- electropathology
- electropathy
- electropherogram
- electrophile
- electrophilic
- electrophilically
- electrophilicity
- electrophone
- electrophonic
- electrophonically
- electrophore
- electrophorese
- electrophoresis
- electrophoretic
- electrophoretically
- electrophoretogram
- electrophorogram
- electrophorus
- electrophotography
- electrophotometer
- electrophrenic