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kissing cousin

Silicon is a “kissing cousin” of carbon. Notice it immediately below carbon in the Periodic Table. The arrangement of silicon’s outer electrons resembles those of carbon. For this reason, silicon and carbon are chemically similar.

a similar or related thing

    Hyphenation

    a si·mi·lar or re·la·ted thing

    Turkish pronunciation

    ı sîmılır ır rileytıd thîng

    Pronunciation

    /ə ˈsəmələr ər rēˈlātəd ˈᴛʜəɴɢ/ /ə ˈsɪməlɜr ɜr riːˈleɪtəd ˈθɪŋ/
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