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  
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| Si |   | 
| atomic number 14 |   | 
| silicon |   | 
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