silicon
英 ['sɪlɪk(ə)n]
美 ['sɪlɪkən]
英語の語源
- silicon
- silicon: [19] Silicon was coined in 1817 by the British chemist Thomas Thomson. Like the slightly earlier silica, it was based on Latin silex ‘flint’. From the same source comes silicone, which dates from the 1860s.
- silicon (n.)
- nonmetallic element, 1817, coined by British chemist Thomas Thomson from silica (silicon dioxide), from which it was isolated. The name is patterned on carbon, etc. Silicon chip first attested 1965; Silicon Valley for the Santa Clara Valley south of San Francisco, U.S., first attested 1974, from the concentration of manufacturers of silicon chips used in computers, watches, etc.
例文
- 1. Designing silicon chips to mimic human organs sounds fanciful.
- シリコンチップを設計して人の器官を模倣するのは奇想天外に聞こえる。
- 2.This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.
- この会社はシリコンシートを使用する方法を開発した。
- 3.Tomorrow 's children will be even more in the thrall of the silicon chip.
- 将来的にはシリコンチップが子供たちに与える影響はさらに深まるだろう。
- 4.The Earth is made mainly of iron and silicon and things like that.
- 地球は主に鉄、シリコンなどの物質で構成されている。
- 5.Technology trends may push Silicon Valley back to the future.
- 技術の発展傾向はシリコンバレーを未来に再推進する可能性がある。dd>
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