in silico

== English == === Etymology === From in and silicon (from Latin silex (“flint, pebble, stone; crag, rock”)) + Latin -ō, by analogy with English in vitro (“in glass, referring to an experiment conducted in a test tube”). The silico component refers to silicon chips which were used for computing at the time when the term was coined. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪn ˈsɪlɪkəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪn ˈsɪlɪkoʊ/ Hyphenation: in si‧li‧co === Prepositional phrase === in silico (computing, sciences) In computer simulation or in virtual reality. ==== Coordinate terms ==== in situ in vivo in vitro ==== Related terms ==== silex silico- silicon === Further reading === in silico on Wikipedia.Wikipedia