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Technology hub in California, US
Silicon Beach is the Westside region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area that is home to more than 500 technology companies, including startups. It is
Silicon_Beach
sphere. Silicon Anchor: Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area Silicon Basin: Columbus, Ohio Silicon Bayou: New Orleans, Louisiana Silicon Beach: Santa
List_of_technology_centers
Macintosh software developer
Silicon Beach Software, Inc. was an early American developer of software products for the Macintosh personal computer. It was founded in San Diego, California
Silicon_Beach_Software
American technology company
others such as Whisper and Tinder, giving Venice the new title of "Silicon Beach." In February 2017, two weeks before the company's IPO, The New York
Snap_Inc.
American technology company
Enplug was part of the emerging Los Angeles startup community, dubbed "Silicon Beach" The company was a graduate of StartEngine, founded by Howard Marks
Enplug
Chemical element with atomic number 14 (Si)
Scotland; Silicon Gorge in Bristol, England; Silicon Alley in New York City; Silicon Beach in Los Angeles; and Dubai Silicon Oasis in Dubai. A silicon atom
Silicon
Social media mobile app
Features, Alternatives & User Ratings". "Snap's IPO may make Silicon Beach a worthy Silicon Valley rival". January 7, 2017. Archived from the original on
Whisper_(app)
Area of high tech companies in New York City
employees. BioValley Silicon Beach – Westside, Los Angeles Silicon Docks – Dublin, Ireland Silicon Fen – Cambridge, United Kingdom Silicon Forest – Portland
Silicon_Alley
American computer software entrepreneur
(born 1948) is an American computer software entrepreneur who founded Silicon Beach Software in 1984 and co-founded FutureWave Software in 1993. FutureWave
Charlie_Jackson_(software)
Neighborhood in California, US
attracted businesses in technology, media and entertainment and is part of Silicon Beach. The Tongva inhabited the location now occupied by Playa Vista at the
Playa_Vista,_Los_Angeles
2008 video game
created by Mark Pierce, Jonathan Gay and Eric Zocher and published by Silicon Beach Software. Development on the RTDC, begun in 1996, was notoriously protracted
Return_to_Dark_Castle
1986 graphics software for Apple Macintosh
its own. It was originally written by William Snider, published by Silicon Beach Software (which was acquired by Aldus Corporation in 1990), and released
SuperPaint_(Macintosh)
2021 film by Mark Atkinson and Tony Olmos
original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-10-14. "Silicon Beach Film Festival 2023 Awards". Silicon Beach Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2023-10-14
Pulp_Friction_(film)
Desktop publishing software company
Adobe but is no longer sold or updated. In early 1990, Aldus bought Silicon Beach Software, acquiring many consumer titles for the Macintosh, including
Aldus_Corporation
American actor (born 1975)
ROSSI & BRUCE COHEN JOIN THE ADVISORY BOARD AT HARLEM FILM HOUSE". Silicon Beach News. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-19
Theo_Rossi
Harbor Area Northeast Los Angeles South Los Angeles Westside Silicon Beach South Bay Beach Cities Palos Verdes Peninsula San Gabriel Valley Pomona Valley
List_of_regions_of_California
reference following Silicon Valley (California), Silicon Alley (New York), Silicon Prairie (Chicago), Silicon Hills (Austin), and Silicon Beach (Los Angeles)
Silicon_Peach
Neighborhood of Los Angeles in California, United States
the Ballona Creek channel and in Marina del Rey. Considered part of Silicon Beach, Playa del Rey is a coastal neighborhood and a district of the city
Playa_del_Rey,_Los_Angeles
American computer programmer
computer and came to the attention of Silicon Beach Software founder Charlie Jackson. Gay began programming for Silicon Beach in his senior year. His first published
Jonathan_Gay
Seaside resort on the south coast of England
digital or "new media", and since the 1990s has been referred to as "Silicon Beach". By 2007, over 250 new media business had been founded in Brighton
Brighton
1986 video game
text-and-graphics adventure games. It was released for Macintosh in 1986 by Silicon Beach Software and had already been used for creating Enchanted Scepters in
World_Builder
Portuguese actor (born 1981)
his short film, Excuse, was awarded 'Best Short Drama' at the 2018 Silicon Beach Film Festival and he was distinguished by his short film Signal in the
Diogo_Morgado
was a graphics program for editing gray-scale photos, published by Silicon Beach Software for the Macintosh in 1987. It was programmed by Ed Bomke and
Digital_Darkroom
startup ecosystems, the Karnataka government has designated it as the "Silicon Beach of India". Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat
List of tallest buildings in Mangaluru
List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Mangaluru
Neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States
companies (including Hulu, Google, and Snap, Inc.) in Playa Vista as the Silicon Beach phenomenon in west Los Angeles has spread. The community also experienced
Westchester,_Los_Angeles
Software component that extends the functionality of existing software
QuarkXPress on the Apple Macintosh, both released in 1987. In 1988, Silicon Beach Software included plug-in capability in Digital Darkroom and SuperPaint
Plug-in_(computing)
Programming software
SuperCard. SuperCard was first created by Bill Appleton and published by Silicon Beach Software in 1989. Appleton combined elements from World Builder (that
SuperCard
PLT, CPL, ASE, ACO, JCW, GPL, SOC, SKP file formats. SaviDraw, by Silicon Beach Software, is a modern vector drawing program for Windows 10. It is available
Comparison of vector graphics editors
Comparison_of_vector_graphics_editors
1986 video game
Castle is a 1986 platform game for Macintosh, originally published by Silicon Beach Software. The game was designed and animated by Mark Pierce and programmed
Dark_Castle
1987 video game
Games (1987.) Includes video reviews of Beyond Dark Castle and Apache Strike with Silicon Beach development V.P. Eric Zocher Apache Strike at Lemon 64
Apache_Strike
American businesswoman
that has attracted capital from Silicon Valley investors. "'I'm not even 30, and I'm flying my own jet' — Silicon Beach elites take a seat in the cockpit"
Jess_Mah
American technology magazine
Jackson, Charlie (November 2, 2021). "Why I Invested in Wired Magazine". Silicon Beach. Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved April 30
Wired_(magazine)
English actress and television personality (born 1958)
experience with depression. The film won the Best Drama Award at that year's Silicon Beach Film Awards. In January 2018, it was announced that Welch would play
Denise_Welch
Cultural and historic region of England
digital or "new media"; since the 1990s Brighton has been referred to as "Silicon Beach". The Greater Brighton City Deal seeks to develop Brighton's creative-tech
Sussex
Advertising and digital assets holding company
Street Journal. January 24, 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-06. "System1: Silicon Beach's Sleeping Giant". CSQ | C-Suite Quarterly. 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2024-04-06
System1
Geographic and cultural region of the US
Venice (and perhaps some of Culver City) is informally referred to as "Silicon Beach" because of the concentration of financial and marketing technology-centric
Southern_California
American film producer
ROSSI & BRUCE COHEN JOIN THE ADVISORY BOARD AT HARLEM FILM HOUSE". Silicon Beach News. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September
Bruce_Cohen
British composer
Game at the Cue Awards 2016. He won the award for Best Score at the Silicon Beach Film Festival for the score to the feature film Shadows directed by
Grant_Kirkhope
UK business
February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2020. "Start-ups find their feet at 'Silicon Beach". Financial Times. Retrieved 11 February 2020. Garett Sloane (22 May
Brandwatch
International Peregrine Systems (acquired by Hewlett-Packard) Semantic Research Silicon Beach (acquired by Aldus) SweetLabs Tealium Teradata Consumer goods Dr. Bronner's
List of companies headquartered in San Diego
List_of_companies_headquartered_in_San_Diego
American digital media expert
industry. Michael has also been named to The Hollywood Reporter’s “Silicon Beach 25” list of the most powerful digital players in L.A. Kassan founded
Michael_Kassan
2024 American comedy drama
celebrate local creativity". The Victoria Advocate. "SILICON BEACH FILM FESTIVAL 2024 AWARDS". Silicon Beach Film Festival 2024 Winners. "2024 Wyoming International
A_Little_Family_Drama
1987 computer game
Beyond Dark Castle is a computer game, released for Macintosh in 1987 by Silicon Beach Software. It was designed by Mark Stephen Pierce and programmed by Jonathan
Beyond_Dark_Castle
American writer
Hills (2012, 2013) Social Media Club (Los Angeles 2010, 2013, 2014) Silicon Beach Fest (Los Angeles, 2015, 2016) Social Media Week (Los Angeles, 2013
Julie_Spira
American venture capital firm
placing it in closer proximity to Los Angeles' tech and startup center, Silicon Beach, although the company makes investments in companies all over the world
Upfront_Ventures
American entrepreneur and actress
Entertainment & Tech at venues such as the CES Conference, USC, SXSW, Silicon Beach Fest, iMedia Summit, General Assembly, Wonder Woman Tech Summit, Sundance
Cooper_Harris
Iranian-American entrepreneur
Svetkey, THR Staff, Edited by Natalie Jarvey and Benjamin (2016-07-13). "Silicon Beach 25: L.A.'s Most Powerful Digital Players". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved
Moj_Mahdara
1986 video game
prompt is given encouraging the purchase of Enchanted Scepters from Silicon Beach Software. The game was distributed on magazine shareware collection
Radical_Castle
Personal computer by Apple Computer
Ashton-Tate's Full Impact spreadsheet program, RecordHolderPlus database, and Silicon Beach Software's SuperPaint 2.0 paint and draw program. The Macintosh Classic
Macintosh_Classic
Topics referred to by the same term
Airborne (2012 film), a horror film Airborne!, a 1985 computer game by Silicon Beach Software Asphalt 8: Airborne, a 2013 video game Medal of Honor: Airborne
Airborne
Resort city in California, United States
and The Last of Us franchises) In addition, Santa Monica is part of Silicon Beach, and the city serves as the home of dozens of venture capital-funded
Santa_Monica,_California
1984 video game
Enchanted Scepters Developer Silicon Beach Software Engine World Builder Platform Macintosh Release 1984 Genre Adventure Mode Single-player
Enchanted_Scepters
American entrepreneur and technologist
on Snapshot Org Management for Salesforce. In 1989, Appleton won the Silicon Beach Software Technical Innovation Award, presented for his work in hypermedia
William Appleton (entrepreneur)
William_Appleton_(entrepreneur)
2018 film
"Screenings". SFBFF. Retrieved 16 June 2019. "SBFF Schedule 2018" (PDF). Silicon Beach Film Festival. August 2018. "Official Selections 2019". ibffevents.com
The_Color_of_Me
American animator
kids show producer StoryBots". Reuters. Retrieved January 23, 2026. "Silicon Beach Report Feb. 18: Catapult Capital Acquires JibJab". Los Angeles Business
Evan_Spiridellis
American software company, creator of FutureSplash Animator
of Marketing was Michelle Alsip-Welsh, who had previously worked at Silicon Beach Software and Aldus Corporation. When pen computing failed to gain traction
FutureWave_Software
Marketing agency in Culver City, California
Autotrader, The Venetian, TaylorMade, Stance, SmartWater, and Popchips. "Silicon Beach: Southern California's New Ad Agency Hot Spot". AdWeek. Retrieved 2017-01-23
Zambezi_(advertising_agency)
American law firm
Retrieved 2017-04-10. Dong, Xiumei (March 8, 2019). "Goodwin Jumps on Silicon Beach Bandwagon". The Recorder. Retrieved 2019-08-17. Packel, Dan (October
Goodwin_Procter
American design, tech, and AI company
Minutes?". The Wall Street Journal. "A tour of New York's startup 'Silicon Beach'". Fortune, November 2010. December 6, 2010. Archived from the original
Huge_(digital_agency)
American entrepreneur
Who Are Changing Hollywood". TheWrap. Retrieved October 17, 2014. "Silicon Beach Power 25: A Ranking of L.A.'s Top Digital Media Players". The Hollywood
Rich_Raddon
American businessman (born 1955)
Chizen to run its consumer division in San Diego (what was formerly Silicon Beach Software). Later that year, Aldus was acquired by Adobe Systems and
Bruce_Chizen
Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles. DTLA is a node in the tech economy that extends beyond Silicon Beach. A venture capital firm counted 78 tech-oriented firms in DTLA in 2015
Downtown_Los_Angeles
Iranian-American entrepreneur, coach, speaker, and advisor
original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017. "How the Godmother of Silicon Beach started over". Built in LA. 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2017-07-10. "About"
Cam_Kashani
followed MacDraw and was a contemporary of MacDraft and to some extent, Silicon Beach Software's SuperPaint. CricketDraw was the first consumer-oriented drawing
CricketDraw
Video game genre
known game with such an interface was Enchanted Scepters (1984) from Silicon Beach Software, which combined a graphics window with interactive clickable
Adventure_game
Diego America's Finest City Biotech Beach Birthplace of California City in Motion Plymouth of the West Silicon Beach Sun Diego Wireless Capital of the World
List of city nicknames in California
List_of_city_nicknames_in_California
Icaza Xamarin Brendan Iribe Oculus VR Subrah Iyar WebEx Charlie Jackson Silicon Beach Software, FutureWave Software Naveen Jain Blucora, Moon Express, Intelius
List of Internet entrepreneurs
List_of_Internet_entrepreneurs
American company
Augmented Reality Of The Future". Sport Techie. "Los Angeles' Silicon Beach Becoming Like Silicon Valley". VOA News. "How is VNTANA Creating Social Augmented
Vntana
American media executive
Execs to Watch. In 2016, he was included in The Hollywood Reporter's Silicon Beach 25 list of Los Angeles digital players. "Eric Berger, executive vice
Eric_Berger_(media_executive)
American YouTuber and actress (born 1985)
Fast Company magazine. She was listed among The Hollywood Reporter's "Silicon Beach Power 25: A Ranking of L.A.'s Top Digital Media Players" in May 2014
Grace_Helbig
startup and tech events including Hackerspace Adelaide, SouthStart and Silicon Beach Adelaide. Initially known as Majoran Distillery, it dropped Distillery
Majoran
Deal You Should Know". Pulse 2.0. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-07-30. "Silicon Beach Report April 1: New Hires at Tinder and Quibi | Los Angeles Business
SimpleReach
American entrepreneur and investor (born 1975)
Others" Techcrunch, November 16, 2011 "The next big thing coming out of Silicon Beach? Mobile everything" USA Today, July 14, 2015 "University of Oregon Alumni
Michael_Jones_(entrepreneur)
digital or "new media", since the 1990s Brighton has been referred to as "Silicon Beach". Coastal West Sussex, an area extending from Chichester to Shoreham
Geography_of_Sussex
American advertising agency
Team One Type Private Industry Advertising Founded 1987 Headquarters Silicon Beach, Los Angeles, California Key people Julie Michael, president Parent
Team_One_(advertising_agency)
Israeli startup accelerator
Fusion". blog.fusion-vc.com. Retrieved 2024-05-27. "Israeli Tech Hits Silicon Beach with Fusion L.A." Jewish Journal. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
Fusion_VC
Raster graphics editors
Macintosh by Cricket Software. It followed MacPaint and was a competitor to Silicon Beach Software's SuperPaint. Like SuperPaint it was an early attempt to combine
Cricket_Paint
2013 TV series
The show stars Joe Dinicol and Karan Soni as "dating app" developers in Silicon Valley who are looking for an investor. Amazon offered the first three
Betas
South Korean-American executive
marketing company.. Kim left Triller in July 2025. "Media Draws a Crowd in Silicon Beach". Los Angeles Business Journal. "Kajabi Appoints Sean Kim As President
Sean_Solme_Kim
Cryptography software developer
2013.; see also Cate & Gross 1991. Poole, Gary Andrew (12 June 1997). "Silicon Beach". Forbes. Retrieved 11 October 2013. Mace, Scott (26 July 1982). "Interface
Vince_Cate
American film producer
the Southern California Business Film Festival. He is a member of the Silicon Beach club surf group which is a group of techs who surf in Southern California
Aaron_Godfred
American social media platform
Manhattan, with additional headquarters in CAA's office building in the Silicon Beach area of Los Angeles, and in London. The company was founded to protect
WhoSay
1994 video game
in the Dark Castle series developed after the rights were sold from Silicon Beach Software to Delta Tao in 1994. This game is essentially a remake of
Color_Dark_Castle
developer; defunct 2008; name was revived as an Activision brand in 2014 Silicon Beach Software San Diego, California, United States 1984 Enchanted Scepters
List_of_video_game_publishers
American business executive
small: Pandora". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 29, 2016. "Silicon Beach@USC focuses on next-level technology". USC News. October 20, 2016. Retrieved
Jon_Kraft
Activision video games 1980–1999
Beyond Dark Castle Amiga October 1989 The Midnight Oil Commodore 64 Silicon Beach Software Galaxy Force Master System October 1989 Sega Ghostbusters II
List of Activision games: 1980–1999
List_of_Activision_games:_1980–1999
American economist
Beverly Summit in Los Angeles, which included representatives from across Silicon Beach and LAEDC, focusing on de-regulation in the Southern California Corridor
N._Robert_Branch
American venture capitalist
Propaganda in Iraq". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 April 2016. "In Silicon Beach, L.A. Angel Investor Paige Craig Sifts Through the Hype for the Next
Paige_Craig
Video gaming on Mac operating systems
Software, Freeverse Software, Koingo Software, Delta Tao Software, Silicon Beach Software, and Spiderweb Software, as well as casual game producers such
Mac_gaming
Holger Bollmann, Director of WPM Education. Jon Norris (24 April 2013). "Silicon Beach – welcome to Brighton, the UK's thriving south-coast tech haven". Venture
Wired_Sussex
Beach in San Mateo County, California
Never-ending Battle Over Martins Beach Explained". KQED. January 13, 2020. Kaur, Harmeet (January 7, 2020). "California Is Suing a Silicon Valley Billionaire for
Martins_Beach
Controller Walter J. Biess 1992 Flight simulation Commercial 6–7 Airborne! Silicon Beach Software 1984 Action Commercial 6 Airburst Strange Flavour 2001 Action
List_of_Mac_games
Catholic law school in Los Angeles, California
digital privacy and cybercrime, as well as its connections to nearby Silicon Beach. The program is the first of its kind on the west coast. Entertainment
Loyola_Law_School
Jackson. Jackson was an early Macintosh software publisher who founded Silicon Beach Software and co-founded FutureWave Software, which created the original
VolleyHut.com
American influencer marketing agency
companies in the United States. Ellingson, Annlee (9 October 2018). "Silicon Beach worth an estimated $155 billion". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2026-04-15
Mediakix
American singer
albums and working as a voiceover artist, including such projects as Silicon Beach Software's Dark Castle in 1986. Noel was born in Brooklyn, New York
Dick_Noel
American computer company
to configure. In 1991, they discovered Eric McAfee, an investor of Silicon Beach technology companies, through a mutual friend and decided to hire him
New_Media_Corporation
2016 American film
2017 that showcased Polaris including: Silicon Beach Film festival, Iranian Film Festival in Zurich and Long Beach indie Film Festival. During Jan and Feb
Polaris_(2016_film)
American avant-rock band
cottages" to "a suburban idyll for hi-tech executives at nearby Silicon Beach." Venice Beach Brass charted on the popular music charts of Papua New Guinea
The_J-Gos
British businessman
to Watch 2016". Variety. Retrieved 13 June 2017. Jarvey, Natalie. "Silicon Beach 25: L.A.'s Most Powerful Digital Players". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved
Nick_Bell_(businessman)
SILICON BEACH
SILICON BEACH
Surname or Lastname
Danish
Danish : habitational name from any of several places called Órum, named as a compound of ór ‘gravel beach’ + hem ‘dwelling’. This name is also found in Norway, of Danish origin.English : variant of Orme 1.
Boy/Male
English
Lives by the beech tree.
Boy/Male
Latin
Of the forest.
Boy/Male
English
Close to beech trees.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Middle English beche, Old English bece, a byform of bæce. Compare Bach 3.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or beech wood, from Middle English beche ‘beech tree’ (Old English bēce).Perhaps also an Americanized form of German Bisch.John Beach came from England to New Haven, CT, in about 1635. Thomas Beach came from England to Milford, CT, in 1638. It is not clear whether they were related.
Boy/Male
English
Close to beech trees.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Beachley in Gloucestershire, recorded in the 12th century as Beteslega ‘woodland clearing of a man called Betti’.Americanized form of German Buechler or Büchle or of the Swiss form Büchli (see Buechel).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from a pet form of Sill.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Simon.
Girl/Female
Greek
From Helicon.
Girl/Female
Greek
From Helicon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Beauchamp.
Male
Greek
Greek name derived either from the word ailinon, a ritual "cry of grief," or, from linon, LINOS means "flax, linen." In the bible, this is the name of one of Paul's Christian associates. In mythology, this is the name of a musician, the personification of lamentation. He was killed by Apollo who was his rival in music. Another version of the story says he was killed by Hercules.Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Beach.
Boy/Male
British, English
Close to Beech Trees; Diminutive of Beacher
Surname or Lastname
Swiss German
Swiss German : probably an altered form of Swiss Büchi. However, in The Mennonite Encyclopedia Bitsche (or Bitschi) is proposed as the origin. See also Beachy.English : variant of Peach.Swiss Surnames shows numerous Büchis (mainly in Zürich and Toggenburg) and several variants (Bücheli, Büchele, Bücheler, Büchler, etc.), whereas Bitsch(e) is listed four times and was apparently taken to Switzerland from Germany at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Peachey is most common in Mifflin Co., PA; other variants appear in various communities.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Dutch, German, and Swedish
English, Scottish, Dutch, German, and Swedish : from the personal name Sander, a reduced form of Alexander.German : topographic name for someone who lived on sandy soil, from Sand 1 + -er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.Norwegian : habitational name from any of seven farmsteads so named in southeastern Norway, from the indefinite plural form of Old Norse sandr ‘sand’, ‘sandy plain’, ‘beach’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Beauchamp.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Becher.
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
Place Name; Diminutive of Beacher; Close to Beech Trees
SILICON BEACH
SILICON BEACH
Girl/Female
Arabic, Swahili
Woman; Life; Alive
Boy/Male
Muslim
Apple in Persian also means great warrior
Female
Swiss
, grace.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Golden creeper, Golden wine
Boy/Male
Arabic
Exteriors; Appearances
Girl/Female
Indian
Finger tips
Girl/Female
Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Modern
Twilight
Boy/Male
Tamil
Awaz sound, Akhar word
Boy/Male
Hindu
Kajal of Goddess eye
Boy/Male
Arabic, Danish
Servant of Allah
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n.
Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic.
n.
See Silicon.
n.
A silicle.
a.
Composed of, or derived from, silicon and fluorine.
n.
A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary.
a.
Combined or impregnated with silicon.
a.
Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood.
a.
Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.
n.
Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder.
n.
A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium.
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid.
n.
A silicle.
n.
A silicate formed with the lowest proportion of silicic acid, or having but one atom of silicon in the molecule.
n.
Thae act or process of combining or impregnating with silicon or silica; the state of being so combined or impregnated; as, the silicification of wood.
a.
Producing silica; united with silica.
n.
A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
a.
Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicated hydrogen; silicated rocks.
n.
Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.
v. t.
To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon.