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  • adverb & adjective By computer modeling.

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  • adjective computing In computer simulation or in virtual reality

Etymologies

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[Latin in, in + pseudo-Latin silicō (from English silicon, on the model of in vitro, in vivo, etc., in reference to the silicon chips in computers).]

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By analogy with Latin in vitro ("in glass"), used to refer to experiments in a test tube.

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  • in vitro: an experiment or procedure done in glassware.

    in vivo: an experiment or procedure done in the living body.

    in silico: an experiment or procedure done in a computer.

    ref: http://www.seeqpod.com/in_silico.html

    February 10, 2008