silicon-based

English

Adjective

silicon-based

  1. Based on silicon.
    Coordinate term: carbon-based
    silicon-based life
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Therum, Knossos System:
      Core samples rich with the fossils of simple silicon-based organisms indicate Therum was more habitable in the past than it is at present.

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