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- adjective based on silicon; especially used of a proposed
alternative biochemistry orlifeforms
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Examples
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The product, InVisage says, captures more than 90% of the available light, compared with 25% for a silicon-based sensor.
The Winners, Category by Category Michael Totty 2010
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I am the most advanced silicon-based intelligence in the history of the planet.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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But for the silicon-based solar industry, you have a very long supply chain and any single company cannot do it.
Is China Winning? 2011
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Before I ever saw that episode, "A Devil in the Dark," I'd written a short story about a sentient, silicon-based asteroid.
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They did A Midsummer Night's Dream and the silicon-based rock kid proudly portrayed the "wall" in Pyramus and Thisbe.
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EventLab uses optical, silicon-based chips that gauge changes in refractive index.
Optiqua Helps Ensure Safe Water Supply Andrew LaVallee 2011
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In 1954, three scientists at Bell Labs created the first silicon-based PV cell.
The Real Solyndra Scandal Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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The song was of course connected to the core story about silicon-based life.
October 24th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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So, what's good about the Horta besides the fact that it was a silicon-based lifeform in a universe where everyone seemed relentlessly determined to be carbon based?
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First Solar has posted surging revenue as demand remains high for its products, which are less efficient than silicon-based panels but also less expensive.
First Solar's Profit Rises 6.7% John Kell 2010
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