Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 a tetravalent nonmetallic element; 
 next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; 
 occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; 
 used as a semiconductor in transistors; 
[syn: silicon, Si, atomic number 14]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
atomic number 14
    n 1: a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the
         most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay
         and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a
         semiconductor in transistors [syn: silicon, Si, atomic
         number 14]