silane

silane [sil-eyn] ExamplesWord Origin noun Chemistry.

1. Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH4, soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
2. any of a class of silicon hydrides analogous to the alkanes.

Origin of silane German Silan (1916); see silicon, -ane Examples from the Web for silane Historical Examples of silane

Nam profecto aut metus aut injuria te subegit, Silane, consulem designatum, genus poenae novum decernere.

De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino

Caius Sallustii Crispi (Sallustius)

silane in Medicine silane [sĭl′ān′] n.

1. Any of a group of highly reactive hydrocarbons containing tetravalent silicon instead of carbon.