desiliconizev.
/diːˈsɪlɪkəˌnʌɪz/ transitive. To deprive of or free from silicon.
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1881 C. R. A. Wright in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 333/1 [article Iron] The decarbonizing and desiliconizing of iron by the action of an oxidizing atmosphere is the essential feature of the processes of refining pig iron and of making natural steel.
Derivatives
desiliconiˈzation n.
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1891 Times 8 Oct. 14/6 They had suffered more from desiliconization than from desulphurization.
deˈsiliconized adj.
deˈsiliconizing n. and adj.
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1881Desiliconizing [see main sense].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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