polysilicon
/ˌpɒlɪˈsɪlɪk(ə)n/adjective
Chemistry. Designating compounds containing several or many silicon atoms, often in chains or networks.
noun
Electronics. A polycrystalline form of silicon used especially in some solid-state MOS devices.
Origin
1950s. From poly- + silicon. As noun after polycrystalline.
- Means' grass
- means of grace
- means of production
- mean solar day
- mean solar time
- mean-spirited
- mean-spiritedness
- mean square
- mean-square deviation
- mean-square error
- means test
- means testable
- mean streak
- mean streets
- mean sun
- means–end
- means–ends
- meant
- mean time
- meantime
- mean tone
- meantone
- mean to say
- mean-value theorem
- mean well