in silico
/ɪn ˈsɪlɪkəʊ
/adjective & adverb
(Of scientific experiments or research) conducted or produced by means of computer modelling or computer simulation: [as adjective]: in silico analysis of the human genome [adverb]: students who are too squeamish to dissect a frog can perform the procedure in silico...
- This in silico approach would be helpful in ranking textile dyes of the different classes based on their binding affinities.
- In silico strategies can be used to investigate the potential roles of a mutation on, for instance, protein stability.
- In silico propagation of the charged particles yielded passage time values that are compatible with the measured average passage time of ions.
Origin
1980s: Latin, literally 'in silicon' (with reference to the use of silicon chips in computer systems), on the pattern of in vitro and in vivo.
- swinging door
- swingingly
- swing into action
- swingle
- swingletree
- swingman
- swingometer
- swing (or sling) the billy
- swings and roundabouts
- swing set
- swing shift
- swing state
- swing the banjo
- swing the lead
- mendelevium
- Mendel, Gregor Johann
- Mendelian
- Mendelianism
- Mendelian ratio
- Mendelise
- Mendelism
- Mendelist
- Mendelize
- Mendelizing
- Mendelssohn, Felix