Orthosilicate

noun

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Noun

1
Any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M⁺)₄SiO₄⁴⁻ or Si(OR)₄.
2
Any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO₄ tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other.

Synonyms

island silicate nesosilicate tetraoxosilicate

Etymology

From ortho- + silicate.

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orthosilicic acid

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