silsesquioxane

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noun
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  • (chemistry) Any chemical compound with the empirical chemical formula RSiO, where R is either hydrogen or an alkyl, alkene, aryl or arylene group.

Etymology

Compound from English silicon + English sesqui- (one and a half, one-and-a-half), oxygen.

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oxygen

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